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Rayling

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

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Serifby Khaiuns86% Accessible
Characters712
Glyphs854
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Rayling

01

Best Font Pairings for Rayling

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Rayling, including combinations with Montagu Slab, Schabo X Condensed and Balhattan.

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

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Test Rayling Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Rayling 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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Rayling Editorial Specimen

Rayling in Editorial Context

Rayling is a serif typeface by Khaiuns suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Khaiuns

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Rayling Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Rayling Specimen

Rayling

Rayling is a serif typeface by Khaiuns built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
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Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Rayling— serif typeface
RaylingBy Khaiuns
RaylingTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Rayling Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Heading Styles with Rayling

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

Reading Text in Rayling

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

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

When setting Rayling 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.

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

Quick Start

Using Rayling in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Rayling

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Rayling

Khaiuns
Serif
Open Source

Rayling serif typeface delivers sharp, fashion-forward antiqua forms through modern logo construction suited to stylish display applications. Khaiuns's design creates sophisticated character for luxury branding, fashion editorial, and premium identity systems. The sharp details add contemporary edge while logo optimization ensures brand clarity. Rayling's fashion aesthetic appeals to beauty brands, boutique retail, and lifestyle publications. Display and logo applications showcase the typeface's stylish character. Pair with a soft serif for textural contrast.

Rayling was crafted by Khaiuns. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Rayling features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand identities conveying authority and heritage.

Rayling is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Rayling

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Rayling 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: 86). Rayling 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.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Khaiuns. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Rayling

Rayling embodies the 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 brand identities conveying authority and heritage. TypeSmith features Rayling in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Rayling
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

86
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Using Rayling Accessibly

Rayling 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.

Reading Rayling: Legibility Factors

Rayling 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 Rayling?

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.

Rayling's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Rayling 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.

Rayling Accessibility Recommendations

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

How to Use Rayling Effectively

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 Rayling. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Rayling in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Available Weights & Styles

Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

Aa
100
Aa
200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Language 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 613 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. 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

Usage Rights for Rayling

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.

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