Mate

Name: Mate
Author: Eduard Tunni

Mate brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Eduard Tunni92% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Mate

Best Font Pairings for Mate

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Mate, including combinations with Montserrat, Lato and Uncut Sans.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Mate Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Mate with any font combination in real-time, optimized for serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

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Mate Editorial Specimen

Mate in Editorial Context

Mate is a serif typeface by Eduard Tunni suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Eduard Tunni

Typeface Designer • Serif

Mate demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Mate supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Eduard Tunni, Mate balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Mate Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Mate Specimen

Mate

Mate is a serif typeface by Eduard Tunni built for display contexts.

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Mate— serif typeface

MateBy Eduard Tunni

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Mate Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Mate

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Mate, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Mate demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Mate for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Mate small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Mate delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Mate italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Mate bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Mate typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Mate typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Mate'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Mate in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Mate:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Mate:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Mate';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mate');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with Mate

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Mate', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Mate', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'mate': ['Mate', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-mate">Your text here</p>

About

Mate's Details

Eduard Tunni

Serif

Open Source

Mate presents calculated curves and precise geometry, making it well-suited for book typography. Its decorative terminals and stroke contrast contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for editorial design and book typography, Mate adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes This font supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts, accommodating a wide range of languages withi....

Mate was designed by Eduard Tunni. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Mate features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for print-first layouts with sustained reading.

Mate is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Mate

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Mate's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

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Best Ways to Use Mate

Best Font Pairings for Mate

Test Mate Font Pairings Live

In Context

Mate Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Mate

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Typography Judgment

Classification

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Accessibility Overview for Mate

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Internationalization

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