Selectric Century

Name: Selectric Century
Author: Jens Kutilek

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

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Serifby Jens Kutilek66% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Selectric Century

Best Font Pairings for Selectric Century

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Selectric Century, including combinations with Galhau Display, Magiel and Committee.

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 Selectric Century 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

Selectric Century Specimen Gallery

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Selectric Century Editorial Specimen

Selectric Century in Editorial Context

Selectric Century is a serif typeface by Jens Kutilek suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Jens Kutilek

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Selectric Century Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Selectric Century Specimen

Selectric Century

Selectric Century is a serif typeface by Jens Kutilek built for display contexts.

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Selectric Century

SELECTRIC CENTURY

SELECTRIC CENTURYTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Selectric Century— serif typeface

Selectric CenturyBy Jens Kutilek

Selectric CenturyTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Selectric Century Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Reading Text in Selectric Century

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

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

When setting Selectric Century 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Selectric Century'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Selectric Century in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Selectric Century

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Design of Selectric Century

Jens Kutilek

Serif

Open Source

Selectric Century serif typeface delivers antiqua forms through old-style text family construction suited to typewriter-influenced applications. Jens Kutilek's design creates period character for retro branding, editorial design, and nostalgic publications. The old-style proportions add vintage flavor while text optimization supports reading rhythm. Selectric Century's aesthetic appeals to creative projects, indie publishing, and retro contexts. Both display and body text benefit from period character. Pair with a modern sans-serif for contemporary contrast.

Selectric Century comes from the work of Jens Kutilek. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Selectric Century features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand identities conveying authority and heritage.

Selectric Century is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Selectric Century

Selectric Century

Best Ways to Use Selectric Century

Best Font Pairings for Selectric Century

Test Selectric Century Font Pairings Live

In Context

Selectric Century Typography

Selectric Century

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Selectric Century

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Accessibility Features of Selectric Century

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