Palanquin

Name: Palanquin
Author: Pria Ravichandran

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

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Sans Serifby Pria Ravichandran90% Accessible

Characters390

Glyphs468

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Palanquin

Best Font Pairings for Palanquin

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Palanquin, including combinations with Kiwi Maru, Latinia and Amagro.

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

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Test Palanquin Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Palanquin 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

Palanquin Specimen Gallery

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Palanquin Editorial Specimen

Palanquin in Editorial Context

Palanquin is a sans serif typeface by Pria Ravichandran suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Pria Ravichandran

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Palanquin Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Palanquin Specimen

Palanquin

Palanquin is a sans serif typeface by Pria Ravichandran built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Palanquin— sans serif typeface

PalanquinBy Pria Ravichandran

PalanquinTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Palanquin 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 Palanquin

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

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

When setting Palanquin 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Palanquin

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Palanquin

Pria Ravichandran

Sans Serif

Open Source

Palanquin offers organic warmth and natural flow, making it well-suited for mobile applications. Its modern aesthetic and clean lines contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for digital interfaces and corporate branding, Palanquin adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Palanquin font supports a wide range of languages, primarily those using the Latin script, inclu....

Palanquin was designed by Pria Ravichandran. The typeface's No serif extensions and Uniform or optically corrected proportions reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary sans-serif design.

As a Neo-grotesque sans-serif in the Vox-ATypI Lineal family, Palanquin neo-grotesque sans-serif tradition. Its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it a strong fit for wayfinding, signage, and information design.

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

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Best Ways to Use Palanquin

Best Font Pairings for Palanquin

Test Palanquin Font Pairings Live

In Context

Palanquin Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Palanquin

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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Accessibility Features of Palanquin

Legibility Analysis: Palanquin

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Palanquin: Comfort in Extended Reading

Palanquin Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Palanquin

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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