Misto

Name: Misto
Author: Katerina Korolevtseva

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

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Sans Serifby Katerina Korolevtseva76% Accessible

Characters512

Glyphs614

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Misto

Best Font Pairings for Misto

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Misto, including combinations with Schoon Square, Burn It Down and Untyped Display.

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

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Test Misto Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Misto with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans 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

Misto Specimen Gallery

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Misto Editorial Specimen

Misto in Editorial Context

Misto is a sans serif typeface by Katerina Korolevtseva suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Katerina Korolevtseva

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Misto 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 Misto supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Misto Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Misto Specimen

Misto

Misto is a sans serif typeface by Katerina Korolevtseva built for display contexts.

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Wordmark Explorations

Misto

MISTO

MISTOTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Misto— sans serif typeface

MistoBy Katerina Korolevtseva

MistoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Misto Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Misto for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Misto 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Misto

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Misto';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Misto:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Misto: History & Characteristics

Katerina Korolevtseva

Sans Serif

Open Source

Misto font is a creative unique grotesk by Katerina Korolevtseva with Cyrillic support for distinctive Eastern European applications. This contemporary typeface brings unconventional character to creative brands and cultural institutions. Misto's unique proportions create memorable typography. Particularly valuable for Russian creative industries. Works at display sizes. Pairs with neutral fonts for practical contrast.

Misto was crafted by Katerina Korolevtseva. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Misto 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.

Misto is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Misto

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Misto 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: 76). Misto maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

Design Heritage

Designed by Katerina Korolevtseva. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Misto

Misto represents a 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 Misto in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

5 curated pairings for Misto

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Fonts Similar to Misto

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

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Misto

Misto achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: Misto

Misto 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.

Misto's Readability

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.

Misto for Long-Form Content

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

Misto Accessibility Recommendations

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

Working with Misto: Best Practices

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Misto. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Misto in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

Local

700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

Weight Reference

100

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600

700

800

900

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

This font encodes 174 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Misto License Information

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.

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

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Best Ways to Use Misto

Best Font Pairings for Misto

Test Misto Font Pairings Live

In Context

Misto Typography

Misto

Character Set

Type Scale

Misto for Paragraphs

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

Accessibility Features of Misto

Legibility Analysis: Misto

Misto's Readability

Misto for Long-Form Content

Misto Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Misto: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Misto

Best Ways to Use Misto

Best Font Pairings for Misto

Test Misto Font Pairings Live

In Context

Misto Typography

Misto

Character Set

Type Scale

Misto for Paragraphs

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

Accessibility Features of Misto

Legibility Analysis: Misto

Misto's Readability

Misto for Long-Form Content

Misto Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Misto: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference