Retro

Name: Retro
Author: Vasilis Skandalos

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

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Sans Serifby Vasilis Skandalos76% Accessible

Characters390

Glyphs468

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Best Ways to Use Retro

Best Font Pairings for Retro

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Retro, including combinations with Utopia, Square Kai and Offenbacher Reform.

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

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Test Retro Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Retro 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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In Context

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Retro in Editorial Context

Retro is a sans serif typeface by Vasilis Skandalos suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Vasilis Skandalos

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Retro Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Retro Specimen

Retro

Retro is a sans serif typeface by Vasilis Skandalos built for display contexts.

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Retro— sans serif typeface

RetroBy Vasilis Skandalos

RetroTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Retro Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Retro for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Retro 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Retro

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Retro

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Inside Retro

Vasilis Skandalos

Sans Serif

Open Source

Retro Typeface delivers vintage, handwritten character with Greek support through smooth, nostalgic forms. Vasilis Skandalos's design creates period-appropriate aesthetics for heritage branding, specialty packaging, and vintage-themed projects. The handwriting influences add authentic, hand-crafted personality. Retro's vintage aesthetic appeals to artisanal producers, vintage retail, and nostalgic lifestyle branding. Display sizes showcase the typeface's period character. Pair with a clean, modern sans-serif for body text that grounds Retro's nostalgic headlines in contemporary accessibility.

Retro was crafted by Vasilis Skandalos. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Retro features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Retro is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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In Context

Retro Typography

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Character Set

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Retro for Paragraphs

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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