Nairobi

Name: Nairobi
Author: Antonio Rodrigues Jr

Nairobi captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Antonio Rodrigues Jr76% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Font Pairings for Nairobi

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Nairobi, including combinations with Grana Padano, Campagnol Commun and Unique.

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Character Set

Nairobi Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Nairobi Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Nairobi 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Adding Nairobi to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Nairobi

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Nairobi

Antonio Rodrigues Jr

Handwriting

Open Source

Nairobi font is a handwriting typeface with condensed letterforms that express with Kenyan, African personality. Each character displays narrow shapes with Nairobi character suggesting East African urban energy and Kenyan modernity. This condensed style suits African content, Nairobi branding, and designs celebrating Kenyan urban culture with condensed warmth. The Nairobi reference emphasizes Kenyan capital character. For designers creating African content, Nairobi delivers appropriate East African character. Complements African palettes.

Nairobi comes from the work of Antonio Rodrigues Jr. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Nairobi features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

Nairobi is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Nairobi

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Nairobi

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

Nairobi

Best Ways to Use Nairobi

Best Font Pairings for Nairobi

Test Nairobi Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Nairobi Used As Body Text

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

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Using Nairobi Accessibly

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Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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