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News Cycle

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

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Sans Serifby Nathan Willis85% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use News Cycle

01

Best Font Pairings for News Cycle

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for News Cycle, including combinations with Lato, Montserrat and Andada.

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

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Test News Cycle Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview News Cycle 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

News Cycle Specimen Gallery

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News Cycle Editorial Specimen

News Cycle in Editorial Context

News Cycle is a sans serif typeface by Nathan Willis suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Nathan Willis

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Nathan Willis, News Cycle balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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News Cycle Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available
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News Cycle Specimen

News Cycle

News Cycle is a sans serif typeface by Nathan Willis built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

News Cycle
News Cycle
NEWS CYCLE
NEWS CYCLETYPE
N

Tagline Pairings

News Cycle— sans serif typeface
News CycleBy Nathan Willis
News CycleTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

News Cycle Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

News Cycle Used As Heading Examples

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
News Cycle primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
News Cycle section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
News Cycle subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
News Cycle content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
News Cycle minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
News Cycle smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

News Cycle Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting News Cycle 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.

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

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxNews Cycle delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxNews Cycle italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxNews Cycle bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxNews Cycle typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxNews Cycle typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'News Cycle'; }

Quick Start

Adding News Cycle to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

News Cycle: A Closer Look

Nathan Willis
Sans Serif
Open Source

News Cycle achieves refined neutrality and Swiss precision, making it well-suited for digital interfaces. Its clean lines and geometric forms contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for web content and digital interfaces, News Cycle adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes This font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, D....

News Cycle was designed by Nathan Willis. Known for serif typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes News Cycle's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, News Cycle features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for wayfinding, signage, and information design.

News Cycle is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated.

News Cycle

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of News Cycle

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, News Cycle 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.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 85). News Cycle maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Nathan Willis. Known for serif typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes News Cycle's character shaping and weight distribution across a single focused weight.

Overview

About News Cycle

News Cycle falls within the Lineal typeface, drawn from 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 wayfinding, signage, and information design. TypeSmith features News Cycle in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

85
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Using News Cycle Accessibly

News Cycle 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.

Reading News Cycle: Legibility Factors

News Cycle 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.

News Cycle 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.

Eye Strain Considerations for News Cycle

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

News Cycle Accessibility Recommendations

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

Design Tips for News Cycle

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 News Cycle. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve News Cycle in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Get News Cycle

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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100
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800
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900

Internationalization

News Cycle Multilingual 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 supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian, and Japanese languages.

Legal

News Cycle 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.

News Cycle 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 News Cycle ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.