Old Wood

Name: Old Wood
Author: Luis Jerez

Old Wood commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Luis Jerez76% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Old Wood

Best Font Pairings for Old Wood

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Old Wood, including combinations with Kings Gambit, Feature Mono and Nt Somic.

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

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Test Old Wood Font Pairings Live

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

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

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Old Wood Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Old Wood Specimen

Old Wood

Old Wood is a display typeface by Luis Jerez built for display contexts.

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Old Wood

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Old Wood— display typeface

Old WoodBy Luis Jerez

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UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Old Wood 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 Old Wood

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

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

When setting Old Wood 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Old Wood'; }

Quick Start

Old Wood Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Old Wood

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Old Wood: History & Characteristics

Luis Jerez

Display

Open Source

Old Wood font is a display typeface expressing ancient character through art nouveau influences with bold retro construction and cool vintage aesthetics. The weathered letterforms project authentic heritage suitable for antique dealers, vintage shop branding, and nostalgic design applications. Ancient wood-inspired textures provide historical depth while bold weight ensures headline impact. Effective for rustic hospitality, heritage tourism, and artisanal woodworking. Complements historical serif companions.

Old Wood was crafted by Luis Jerez. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Old Wood features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for hero headlines and landing page headers.

Old Wood is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Old Wood

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

Old Wood

Best Ways to Use Old Wood

Best Font Pairings for Old Wood

Test Old Wood Font Pairings Live

In Context

Old Wood Typography

Old Wood

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Old Wood

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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Inclusive Design

Old Wood: Accessibility Considerations

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Old Wood in Context: Readability

Old Wood for Long-Form Content

Old Wood Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from Old Wood

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Western European

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