Metrophobic

Name: Metrophobic
Author: Vernon Adams

Metrophobic delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Vernon Adams87% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Metrophobic, including combinations with ABeeZee, ChanticleerRoman and Comfortaa.

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

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Metrophobic Editorial Specimen

Metrophobic in Editorial Context

Metrophobic is a sans serif typeface by Vernon Adams suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Vernon Adams

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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

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Metrophobic Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Metrophobic Specimen

Metrophobic

Metrophobic is a sans serif typeface by Vernon Adams built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

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Metrophobic

METROPHOBIC

METROPHOBICTYPE

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Metrophobic— sans serif typeface

MetrophobicBy Vernon Adams

MetrophobicTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Metrophobic Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Metrophobic

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

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

When setting Metrophobic 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.

Metrophobic 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	Metrophobic delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Metrophobic italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Metrophobic bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Metrophobic typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Metrophobic typography specimen

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

Quick Start

Metrophobic Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Metrophobic

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Metrophobic', 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        'metrophobic': ['Metrophobic', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-metrophobic">Your text here</p>

About

Inside Metrophobic

Vernon Adams

Sans Serif

Open Source

Metrophobic brings systematic design and modernist clarity, making it well-suited for web content. Its geometric forms and no decorative strokes contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for digital interfaces and web content, Metrophobic adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Metrophobic is a versatile font that supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited t....

Metrophobic was crafted by Vernon Adams. Known for open-source display and text typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Metrophobic's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Metrophobic features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Metrophobic is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Metrophobic

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Metrophobic within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 87). Metrophobic performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

Design Heritage

Designed by Vernon Adams. Known for open-source display and text typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Metrophobic's character shaping and weight distribution across a single focused weight.

Overview

About Metrophobic

Metrophobic embodies the Lineal typeface, anchored in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements. TypeSmith features Metrophobic in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Metrophobic

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Metrophobic based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Using Metrophobic Accessibly

Metrophobic scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: Metrophobic

Metrophobic draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Metrophobic Reading Performance

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Visual Comfort with Metrophobic

Metrophobic provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Metrophobic Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Metrophobic. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Metrophobic at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

How to Use Metrophobic Effectively

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Metrophobic. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Metrophobic in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Metrophobic Font Files

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Language Support

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

Metrophobic is a versatile font that supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited to, Western European, Central European, and South Eastern European languages, ensuring broad international usability.

Legal

Font License Details

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Metrophobic is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Metrophobic ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

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

Metrophobic

Best Ways to Use Metrophobic

Best Font Pairings for Metrophobic

Test Metrophobic Font Pairings Live

In Context

Metrophobic Typography

Metrophobic

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Metrophobic

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Metrophobic Accessibly

Legibility Analysis: Metrophobic

Metrophobic Reading Performance

Visual Comfort with Metrophobic

Metrophobic Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Metrophobic Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Metrophobic

Best Ways to Use Metrophobic

Best Font Pairings for Metrophobic

Test Metrophobic Font Pairings Live

In Context

Metrophobic Typography

Metrophobic

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Metrophobic

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Metrophobic Accessibly

Legibility Analysis: Metrophobic

Metrophobic Reading Performance

Visual Comfort with Metrophobic

Metrophobic Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Metrophobic Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference