Selawik

Name: Selawik
Author: Microsoft

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

Scroll to explore

Sans Serifby Microsoft91% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Selawik

Best Font Pairings for Selawik

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Selawik, including combinations with Arbutus, Rawengulk and Artifika.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for Selawik

Test Selawik Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Selawik 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.

Test Selawik Pairings Live

In Context

Selawik Specimen Gallery

EditorialUI ComponentsPosterWordmark

Selawik Editorial Specimen

Selawik in Editorial Context

Selawik is a sans serif typeface by Microsoft suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Microsoft

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

Email Address

Password

Selawik Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError

Selawik Specimen

Selawik

Selawik is a sans serif typeface by Microsoft built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Selawik

SELAWIK

SELAWIKTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Selawik— sans serif typeface

SelawikBy Microsoft

SelawikTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Selawik Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Selawik Body Typography

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

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

When setting Selawik 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Selawik

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Selawik

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Selawik

Microsoft

Sans Serif

Open Source

Selawik is a free font from Microsoft.

Selawik comes from the work of Microsoft. 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, Selawik 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.

Selawik is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Selawik

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Selawik

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Selawik 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.

Selawik

Best Ways to Use Selawik

Best Font Pairings for Selawik

Test Selawik Font Pairings Live

In Context

Selawik Typography

Selawik

Character Set

Type Scale

Selawik Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Selawik

Legibility Analysis: Selawik

How Readable is Selawik?

Selawik's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Selawik Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Selawik Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions