Pilo

Name: Pilo
Author: Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom

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

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Sans Serifby Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom75% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Pilo

Best Font Pairings for Pilo

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Pilo, including combinations with Bellota, Grandstander and Comprehension.

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

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Test Pilo Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Pilo 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

Pilo Specimen Gallery

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Pilo Editorial Specimen

Pilo in Editorial Context

Pilo is a sans serif typeface by Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom, Pilo balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Pilo Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Pilo Specimen

Pilo

Pilo is a sans serif typeface by Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

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PILO

PILOTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Pilo— sans serif typeface

PiloBy Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom

PiloTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Pilo Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Pilo for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Pilo 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Adding Pilo to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Pilo CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Pilo: History & Characteristics

Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom

Sans Serif

Open Source

Pilo is a proportional typeface packaged in the Nerd Fonts collection, which patches developer-oriented typefaces with additional icon glyphs drawn from sets such as Powerline, Font Awesome and Devicons. This release ships the following styles: Regular, Thin. Nerd Fonts are intended for terminal emulators, code editors and status bars, where the added glyphs render prompt separators, file-type markers and status icons inline with the surrounding text.

Pilo comes from the work of Kenneth Pilo, Marten Fischer, Ray Larabie and Goran Soderstrom. 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, Pilo 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.

Pilo is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, 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 Pilo

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Best Ways to Use Pilo

Best Font Pairings for Pilo

Test Pilo Font Pairings Live

In Context

Pilo Typography

Pilo

Character Set

Type Scale

Pilo for Paragraphs

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

Pilo Accessibility Profile

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Readability Profile: Pilo

Pilo for Long-Form Content

Pilo Accessibility Recommendations

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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