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Rubik 80s Fade

Rubik 80s Fade commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Matt Ellis71% Accessible
Characters599
Glyphs719
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Rubik 80s Fade

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Best Font Pairings for Rubik 80s Fade

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Rubik 80s Fade, including combinations with Harmattan, Ks Bistra and Anticyclone.

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

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Rubik 80s Fade 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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In Context

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Rubik 80s Fade Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Rubik 80s Fade Specimen

Rubik 80s Fade

Rubik 80s Fade is a display typeface by Matt Ellis built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Rubik 80s Fade
Rubik 80s Fade
RUBIK 80S FADE
RUBIK 80S FADETYPE
R

Tagline Pairings

Rubik 80s Fade— display typeface
Rubik 80s FadeBy Matt Ellis
Rubik 80s FadeTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Rubik 80s Fade Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Rubik 80s Fade Used As Heading Examples

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Rubik 80s Fade primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Rubik 80s Fade section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Rubik 80s Fade subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Rubik 80s Fade content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Rubik 80s Fade minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Rubik 80s Fade smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Rubik 80s Fade Body Typography

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Rubik 80s Fade, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Rubik 80s Fade demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Rubik 80s Fade 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.

Rubik 80s Fade 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 TextRegular16px24px0.5pxRubik 80s Fade delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxRubik 80s Fade italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxRubik 80s Fade bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxRubik 80s Fade typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxRubik 80s Fade typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Rubik 80s Fade'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Rubik 80s Fade

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Rubik+80s+Fade:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Rubik+80s+Fade:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Rubik 80s Fade';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rubik+80s+Fade');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with Rubik 80s Fade

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Rubik 80s Fade', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Rubik 80s Fade', 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        'rubik-80s-fade': ['Rubik 80s Fade', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-rubik-80s-fade">Your text here</p>

About

Rubik 80s Fade: History & Characteristics

Matt Ellis
Display
Open Source

Rubik 80s Fade establishes distinctive personality and creative expression, making it well-suited for headlines. Its unique personality and bold presence contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for logos and posters, Rubik 80s Fade adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Rubik 80s Fade font supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Hebrew scripts..

Rubik 80s Fade was crafted by Matt Ellis. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Rubik 80s Fade features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for editorial magazine covers and chapter openers.

Rubik 80s Fade is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Rubik 80s Fade

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Rubik 80s Fade

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Rubik 80s Fade's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Display analysis. From a classification standpoint, Rubik 80s Fade within the Graphic (Display / Titling) tradition, characterized by Tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and Exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. Display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Key technical strength: high visual impact with minimal typographic hierarchy.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 71). Rubik 80s Fade performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts.

3

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About Rubik 80s Fade

Rubik 80s Fade represents a Graphic typeface, anchored in the tradition where display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Its distinctive tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features make it well-suited for editorial magazine covers and chapter openers. TypeSmith features Rubik 80s Fade in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for Rubik 80s Fade
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Accessibility & Usability

71
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Rubik 80s Fade

Rubik 80s Fade achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Rubik 80s Fade's Legibility

Rubik 80s Fade draws legibility from its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Rubik 80s Fade?

Designed exclusively for sizes above 24 pt. Display faces sacrifice small-size legibility for visual impact and personality at headline scale. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for Rubik 80s Fade

Rubik 80s Fade provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Rubik 80s Fade Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Rubik 80s Fade. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Rubik 80s Fade at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Working with Rubik 80s Fade: Best Practices

Anchor with a neutral text serif or sans-serif. The display face should carry personality while the text face carries readability. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Rubik 80s Fade. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Rubik 80s Fade in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available on Google Fonts
4 weights available for download
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Available Weights

400
Regular
400
Regular Italic
700
Bold
700
Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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

Internationalization

Rubik 80s Fade 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

The Rubik 80s Fade font supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Hebrew scripts.

Legal

Rubik 80s Fade License Information

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.

Rubik 80s Fade 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 Rubik 80s Fade ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.