Puritan

Name: Puritan
Author: Ben Weiner

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

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Sans Serifby Ben Weiner89% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Puritan, including combinations with Permian Serif, Andada and Literata Book.

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 Puritan 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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Puritan Editorial Specimen

Puritan in Editorial Context

Puritan is a sans serif typeface by Ben Weiner suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Ben Weiner

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Puritan Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Puritan Specimen

Puritan

Puritan is a sans serif typeface by Ben Weiner built for display contexts.

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Puritan

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Puritan— sans serif typeface

PuritanBy Ben Weiner

PuritanTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Puritan Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Reading Text in Puritan

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

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

When setting Puritan 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Puritan Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Puritan';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Puritan');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Puritan's Details

Ben Weiner

Sans Serif

Open Source

Representing sans-serif typeface design, Puritan showcases calculated curves and precise geometry, making it well-suited for digital interfaces. Its geometric forms and modern aesthetic contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for web content and corporate branding, Puritan adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Puritan font supports a wide range of languages that use the Latin alphabet, including Western E....

Puritan was designed by Ben Weiner. 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, Puritan features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for wayfinding, signage, and information design.

Puritan 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.

Puritan

Puritan

Best Ways to Use Puritan

Best Font Pairings for Puritan

Test Puritan Font Pairings Live

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Puritan Typography

Puritan

Character Set

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Reading Text in Puritan

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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