Panamericana

Name: Panamericana
Author: Bernhard Kahles

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

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Sans Serifby Bernhard Kahles80% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Panamericana

Best Font Pairings for Panamericana

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Panamericana, including combinations with Baveuse, Ruhrpott and Lugate.

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

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Test Panamericana Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Panamericana 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

Panamericana Specimen Gallery

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Panamericana Editorial Specimen

Panamericana in Editorial Context

Panamericana is a sans serif typeface by Bernhard Kahles suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Panamericana Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Panamericana Specimen

Panamericana

Panamericana is a sans serif typeface by Bernhard Kahles built for display contexts.

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Tagline Pairings

Panamericana— sans serif typeface

PanamericanaBy Bernhard Kahles

PanamericanaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Panamericana Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Panamericana

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

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

When setting Panamericana 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Panamericana Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Panamericana in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Panamericana

Bernhard Kahles

Sans Serif

Open Source

Panamericana font is a condensed vintage grotesk by Bernhard Kahles designed for nostalgic American display applications. This typeface brings mid-century highway character to Americana branding and heritage design. Panamericana's condensed vintage proportions evoke roadside signage and travel culture. Particularly effective for diners, tourism, and retro automotive. Works at display sizes. Pairs with period fonts or modern text.

Panamericana comes from the work of Bernhard Kahles. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Panamericana features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality.

Panamericana is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Panamericana

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Best Ways to Use Panamericana

Best Font Pairings for Panamericana

Test Panamericana Font Pairings Live

In Context

Panamericana Typography

Panamericana

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Panamericana

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Typography Judgment

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Panamericana Accessibility Profile

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Internationalization

Western European

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