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Sedan

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

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Serifby Andrea Tartarelli88% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Sedan

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Best Font Pairings for Sedan

TypeSmith curates 7 expert font pairings for Sedan, including combinations with Arar, Lt Amber and Cossette Texte.

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

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Test Sedan Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Sedan 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

Sedan Specimen Gallery

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Sedan Editorial Specimen

Sedan in Editorial Context

Sedan is a serif typeface by Andrea Tartarelli suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Andrea Tartarelli

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Sedan Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Sedan Specimen

Sedan

Sedan is a serif typeface by Andrea Tartarelli built for display contexts.

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Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Sedan— serif typeface
SedanBy Andrea Tartarelli
SedanTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Sedan Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Sedan Used As Heading Examples

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

Sedan Body Typography

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

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

When setting Sedan 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.

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

Quick Start

Sedan Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Sedan Background & Features

Andrea Tartarelli
Serif
Open Source

Sedan combines calculated curves and precise geometry, making it well-suited for print publications. Its classical proportions and decorative terminals contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for editorial design and print publications, Sedan adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes This font supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian,....

Sedan was created by Andrea Tartarelli. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Sedan features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents.

Sedan is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 7 curated font pairings available.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Sedan

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Sedan 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: 88). Sedan delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Andrea Tartarelli. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Sedan

Sedan is classified as a Classicals typeface, rooted 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 print-first layouts with sustained reading. TypeSmith indexes Sedan in a single weight variant and 7 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
7 curated pairings for Sedan
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

88
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Using Sedan Accessibly

Sedan 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.

Legibility Analysis: Sedan

Sedan 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.

Sedan in Context: Readability

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.

Eye Strain Considerations for Sedan

Sedan 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.

Sedan Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Sedan

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 Sedan. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Sedan in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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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800
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Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

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 supports English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and Polish.

Legal

Sedan 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.

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