Raigarh

Name: Raigarh
Author: Jaikishan Patel

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

Scroll to explore

Serifby Jaikishan Patel92% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Raigarh

Best Font Pairings for Raigarh

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Raigarh, including combinations with Pretendard, Smooch Sans and Victorianna.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for Raigarh

Test Raigarh Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Raigarh 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.

Test Raigarh Pairings Live

In Context

Raigarh Specimen Gallery

EditorialUI ComponentsPosterWordmark

Raigarh Editorial Specimen

Raigarh in Editorial Context

Raigarh is a serif typeface by Jaikishan Patel suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Jaikishan Patel

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

Email Address

Password

Raigarh Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError

Raigarh Specimen

Raigarh

Raigarh is a serif typeface by Jaikishan Patel built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Raigarh

RAIGARH

RAIGARHTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Raigarh— serif typeface

RaigarhBy Jaikishan Patel

RaigarhTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Raigarh Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Raigarh for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Raigarh 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Raigarh in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Raigarh in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Raigarh

Jaikishan Patel

Serif

Open Source

Raigarh serif typeface delivers elegant, old-style vintage forms through wedding-focused construction suited to romantic display applications. Jaikishan Patel's design creates sophisticated character for wedding stationery, formal invitations, and heritage contexts. The vintage proportions add historical resonance while elegant details maintain refinement. Raigarh's wedding aesthetic appeals to bridal boutiques, cultural events, and special occasions. Display sizes showcase the typeface's vintage character. Pair with a clean serif for body text.

Raigarh was crafted by Jaikishan Patel. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Raigarh features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for long-form editorial and book typography.

Raigarh 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.

Raigarh

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Raigarh

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

Classification

Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Raigarh 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.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 92). Raigarh maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

Design Heritage

Designed by Jaikishan Patel. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Raigarh

Raigarh represents a Classicals typeface, grounded in 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 long-form editorial and book typography. TypeSmith catalogs Raigarh in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Raigarh

View Pairings

Explore More

Typefaces Like Raigarh

View all fonts

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

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Raigarh Accessibility Profile

Raigarh scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Legibility Analysis: Raigarh

Raigarh 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.

Raigarh Reading Performance

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.

Visual Comfort with Raigarh

Raigarh 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.

Raigarh Accessibility Recommendations

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

Getting the Most from Raigarh

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Raigarh. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Raigarh in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

Local

700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

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 606 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

View License

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.

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

Raigarh

Best Ways to Use Raigarh

Best Font Pairings for Raigarh

Test Raigarh Font Pairings Live

In Context

Raigarh Typography

Raigarh

Character Set

Type Scale

Raigarh 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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Raigarh Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: Raigarh

Raigarh Reading Performance

Visual Comfort with Raigarh

Raigarh Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from Raigarh

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Raigarh

Best Ways to Use Raigarh

Best Font Pairings for Raigarh

Test Raigarh Font Pairings Live

In Context

Raigarh Typography

Raigarh

Character Set

Type Scale

Raigarh 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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Raigarh Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: Raigarh

Raigarh Reading Performance

Visual Comfort with Raigarh

Raigarh Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from Raigarh

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference