Palatine

Name: Palatine
Author: Qualitype

Palatine brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Qualitype81% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Palatine

Best Font Pairings for Palatine

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Palatine, including combinations with Gfs Orpheus Sans, Readex Pro and Madimi.

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

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

Palatine Specimen Gallery

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Palatine Editorial Specimen

Palatine in Editorial Context

Palatine is a serif typeface by Qualitype suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Serif

Palatine demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Palatine supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Palatine Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Palatine Specimen

Palatine

Palatine is a serif typeface by Qualitype built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Palatine— serif typeface

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Palatine Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Palatine Body Typography

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

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

When setting Palatine 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Palatine

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Palatine';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Palatine: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: 'Palatine', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring Palatine's Design

Qualitype

Serif

Open Source

Palatine serif typeface delivers classic, old-style antiqua forms through a complete family suited to traditional publishing applications. Qualitype's design provides refined character for literary typography, formal documents, and extended reading. The classic Palatino-style proportions add timeless elegance while complete family supports sophisticated hierarchy. Palatine's classical aesthetic serves publishers, cultural institutions, and formal communications. Both display and body text benefit from balanced proportions. Pair with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast.

Palatine comes from the work of Qualitype. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Palatine features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for long-form editorial and book typography.

Palatine 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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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Palatine

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Best Ways to Use Palatine

Best Font Pairings for Palatine

Test Palatine Font Pairings Live

In Context

Palatine Typography

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Character Set

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Palatine Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Accessibility Overview for Palatine

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Internationalization

Western European

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