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Quinn

Quinn brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Mariel Gornati74% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Quinn

01

Best Font Pairings for Quinn

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Quinn, including combinations with Milda, Miedinger and Kotori Rose.

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

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Test Quinn Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Quinn with any font combination in real-time, optimized for 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

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Quinn Editorial Specimen

Quinn in Editorial Context

Quinn is a serif typeface by Mariel Gornati suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Mariel Gornati

Typeface Designer • Serif

Quinn demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Quinn supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Quinn Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Quinn Specimen

Quinn

Quinn is a serif typeface by Mariel Gornati built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

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Tagline Pairings

Quinn— serif typeface
QuinnBy Mariel Gornati
QuinnTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Quinn Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Quinn

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

Body Text with Quinn

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

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

When setting Quinn 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Quinn to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Quinn Background & Features

Mariel Gornati
Serif
Open Source

Quinn font is a condensed elegant serif by Mariel Gornati designed for sophisticated fashion and luxury display applications with refined vertical emphasis. This fancy typeface combines narrow proportions with graceful details, suited for magazine mastheads, beauty advertising, and premium brand identities requiring vertical elegance. Quinn excels in editorial fashion headlines, boutique signage, and luxury packaging where space-efficient sophistication matters. The condensed proportions enable dramatic headlines while elegant details maintain premium positioning. Designers seeking alternatives to standard condensed fashion serifs will appreciate Quinn's distinctive refinement. Pairs effectively with wider sans-serifs for editorial proportion contrast.

Quinn was designed by Mariel Gornati. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Quinn features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents.

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

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Quinn within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 74). Quinn delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Mariel Gornati. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Quinn

Quinn falls within the Classicals typeface, drawn from the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents. TypeSmith indexes Quinn in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
4 curated pairings for Quinn
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Accessibility & Usability

74
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Quinn

Quinn achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

How Legible is Quinn?

Quinn draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Quinn?

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Eye Strain Considerations for Quinn

Quinn provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

Quinn Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Quinn

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Quinn. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Quinn in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

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100
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400
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600
Aa
700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Quinn Multilingual Support

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 229 glyphs covering Latin. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Quinn Licensing

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.

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