Raleway Dots

Name: Raleway Dots
Author: Matt McInerney

Raleway Dots commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Matt McInerney53% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Ways to Use Raleway Dots

Best Font Pairings for Raleway Dots

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Raleway Dots, including combinations with Suse Mono, Cantora One and Orbix.

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

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Test Raleway Dots Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Raleway Dots with any font combination in real-time, optimized for display characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Raleway Dots Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Raleway Dots Specimen

Raleway Dots

Raleway Dots is a display typeface by Matt McInerney built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Raleway Dots

RALEWAY DOTS

RALEWAY DOTSTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Raleway Dots— display typeface

Raleway DotsBy Matt McInerney

Raleway DotsTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Raleway Dots Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Raleway Dots

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

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

When setting Raleway Dots 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Raleway Dots'; }

Quick Start

Raleway Dots Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Raleway Dots: A Closer Look

Matt McInerney

Display

Open Source

As a display typeface, Raleway Dots features distinctive personality and creative expression, making it well-suited for headlines. Its bold presence and artistic expression contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for headlines and logos, Raleway Dots adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Raleway Dots font supports a variety of languages primarily within the Latin script, accommodati....

Raleway Dots was created by Matt McInerney at The League of Moveable Type. Known for open-source display typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Raleway Dots's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Raleway Dots features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

Raleway Dots is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Raleway Dots

Raleway Dots

Best Ways to Use Raleway Dots

Best Font Pairings for Raleway Dots

Test Raleway Dots Font Pairings Live

In Context

Raleway Dots Typography

Raleway Dots

Character Set

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Body Text with Raleway Dots

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Raleway Dots Accessibility Recommendations

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