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Paula Regular

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

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Sans Serifby Paolo Minola80% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Paula Regular

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Best Font Pairings for Paula Regular

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Paula Regular, including combinations with Sclate, Kwele and Unna.

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

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Test Paula Regular Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Paula Regular 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

Paula Regular Specimen Gallery

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Paula Regular Editorial Specimen

Paula Regular in Editorial Context

Paula Regular is a sans serif typeface by Paolo Minola suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Paolo Minola

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Paula Regular Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Paula Regular Specimen

Paula Regular

Paula Regular is a sans serif typeface by Paolo Minola built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
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Paula Regular— sans serif typeface
Paula RegularBy Paolo Minola
Paula RegularTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Paula Regular Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Paula Regular

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

Paula Regular Body Typography

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

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

When setting Paula Regular 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Paula Regular to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Paula Regular

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Paula Regular

Paolo Minola
Sans Serif
Open Source

Paula Regular font is a basic geometric grotesk by Paolo Minola offering clean, minimal typography for straightforward design applications. This unfussy typeface provides geometric structure without unnecessary embellishment. Paula's pure proportions suit architecture portfolios, product documentation, and minimal brand identities. The regular weight balances presence with restraint, creating even texture in both headlines and body text. Particularly effective for design contexts prioritizing content over typographic personality. The geometric construction ensures consistent behavior at various sizes. Best paired with contrasting serif faces for visual interest or used comprehensively for unified minimal systems.

Paula Regular was designed by Paolo Minola. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Paula Regular features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications.

Paula Regular is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, 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 Paula Regular

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Paula Regular 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: 80). Paula Regular maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Paolo Minola. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Paula Regular

Paula Regular 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 Paula Regular in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Paula Regular
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

80
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Using Paula Regular Accessibly

Paula Regular achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Reading Paula Regular: Legibility Factors

Paula Regular 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.

Paula Regular in Context: Readability

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.

Paula Regular: Comfort in Extended Reading

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

Paula Regular Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Paula Regular

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Paula Regular. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Paula Regular in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Paula Regular Font Files

Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

Aa
100
Aa
200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

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 encodes 260 glyphs covering Latin. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Font License Details

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.

Paula Regular 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 Paula Regular ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.