Press Start 2P

Name: Press Start 2P
Author: Codeman38

Press Start 2P commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Codeman3845% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

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Press Start 2P Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

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Press Start 2P Specimen

Press Start 2P

Press Start 2P is a display typeface by Codeman38 built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

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Tagline Pairings

Press Start 2P— display typeface

Press Start 2PBy Codeman38

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UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Press Start 2P 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 Press Start 2P

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Press Start 2P, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Press Start 2P demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Press Start 2P 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.

Press Start 2P 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	Press Start 2P delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Press Start 2P italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Press Start 2P bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Press Start 2P typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Press Start 2P typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Press Start 2P'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Press Start 2P

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Press+Start+2P:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Press+Start+2P:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Press Start 2P';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Press+Start+2P');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Press Start 2P CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Press Start 2P', 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        'press-start-2p': ['Press Start 2P', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-press-start-2p">Your text here</p>

About

Press Start 2P's Details

Codeman38

Display

Open Source

Press Start 2P achieves distinctive personality and artistic vision, making it well-suited for posters. Its unique personality and artistic expression contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for headlines and posters, Press Start 2P adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Press Start 2P supports Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts..

Press Start 2P was designed by Codeman38. The typeface's Tight spacing for large sizes and Exaggerated contrast or decorative features reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary display typography.

As a Graphic display in the Vox-ATypI Graphic family, Press Start 2P display typography tradition. Its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features make it a strong fit for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

Press Start 2P is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Press Start 2P

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Press Start 2P

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Press Start 2P's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Graphic display classification. Press Start 2P exhibits Tight spacing for large sizes, Exaggerated contrast or decorative features, Refined details at headline scale. Designed by Codeman38. A display typeface available through TypeSmith.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 45). Press Start 2P may present readability challenges at smaller sizes — consider pairing with a more accessible font for body text.

Design Heritage

Designed by Codeman38. Press Start 2P display typography tradition, delivered as a single focused weight.

Overview

About Press Start 2P

Press Start 2P falls within the Graphic display in the Vox-ATypI Graphic family, designed during the Contemporary display typography era. Built with Tight spacing for large sizes and Exaggerated contrast or decorative features, Press Start 2P serves as a standard typeface for event posters and promotional materials. TypeSmith features Press Start 2P in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Press Start 2P

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Press Start 2P based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Adequate Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Press Start 2P

Press Start 2P has limited accessibility at small sizes due to reduced character differentiation, so reserve it for headlines and display contexts. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Reading Press Start 2P: Legibility Factors

Press Start 2P draws legibility from its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Press Start 2P?

Designed exclusively for sizes above 24 pt. Display faces sacrifice small-size legibility for visual impact and personality at headline scale. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Press Start 2P: Comfort in Extended Reading

Press Start 2P provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Press Start 2P Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Press Start 2P. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Press Start 2P at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Press Start 2P Usage Guidelines

Anchor with a neutral text serif or sans-serif. The display face should carry personality while the text face carries readability. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Press Start 2P. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Press Start 2P in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Download Weights & Variants

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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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

Press Start 2P supports Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts.

Legal

License Type

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.

Press Start 2P 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 Press Start 2P ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'press-start-2p': ['Press Start 2P', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-press-start-2p">Your text here</p>

Press Start 2P

Best Ways to Use Press Start 2P

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In Context

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Character Set

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Reading Text in Press Start 2P

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Press Start 2P

Reading Press Start 2P: Legibility Factors

How Readable is Press Start 2P?

Press Start 2P: Comfort in Extended Reading

Press Start 2P Accessibility Recommendations

Press Start 2P Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Press Start 2P

Best Ways to Use Press Start 2P

Best Font Pairings for Press Start 2P

Test Press Start 2P Font Pairings Live

Recommendation Lists

Top 10 Retro Fonts

In Context

Press Start 2P Typography

Press Start 2P

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Press Start 2P

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Press Start 2P

Reading Press Start 2P: Legibility Factors

How Readable is Press Start 2P?

Press Start 2P: Comfort in Extended Reading

Press Start 2P Accessibility Recommendations