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  5. Saman Dere

Saman Dere

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

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Sans Serifby Tuna Caglar Gumus80% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Saman Dere

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Best Font Pairings for Saman Dere

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Saman Dere, including combinations with Edmunds, Cyrabika and Kenneys.

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

Explore 4 Pairings for Saman Dere
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Test Saman Dere Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Saman Dere 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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Saman Dere Editorial Specimen

Saman Dere in Editorial Context

Saman Dere is a sans serif typeface by Tuna Caglar Gumus suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Tuna Caglar Gumus

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

Designed by Tuna Caglar Gumus, Saman Dere balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Saman Dere Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Saman Dere Specimen

Saman Dere

Saman Dere is a sans serif typeface by Tuna Caglar Gumus built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Saman Dere— sans serif typeface
Saman DereBy Tuna Caglar Gumus
Saman DereTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Saman Dere Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Saman Dere Typography Scale

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

Body Text with Saman Dere

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

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

When setting Saman Dere 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Saman Dere to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Saman Dere

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Saman Dere

Tuna Caglar Gumus
Sans Serif
Open Source

Saman Dere font is a bold geometric grotesk by Tuna Caglar Gumus designed for strong contemporary display applications. This confident typeface brings impactful presence to Turkish and international brand identities. Saman Dere's geometric structure and bold weight create commanding headlines. Particularly suited for sports brands, entertainment, and businesses requiring visual strength. The modern character feels current and intentional. Works at display sizes for maximum impact. Best paired with lighter sans-serifs for body text to balance the bold headlines.

Saman Dere was crafted by Tuna Caglar Gumus. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Saman Dere features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality.

Saman Dere is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Saman Dere

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Saman Dere

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

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Saman Dere within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 80). Saman Dere performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Tuna Caglar Gumus. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Saman Dere

Saman Dere represents a Lineal typeface, anchored in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality. TypeSmith features Saman Dere in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Saman Dere
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Accessibility & Usability

80
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Saman Dere

Saman Dere achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Reading Saman Dere: Legibility Factors

Saman Dere draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Saman Dere in Context: Readability

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Visual Comfort with Saman Dere

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

Saman Dere Accessibility Recommendations

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

How to Use Saman Dere Effectively

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Saman Dere. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Saman Dere in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

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Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

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100
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300
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400
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500
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600
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700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Saman Dere Language Coverage

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 349 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

Saman Dere Licensing

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.

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