Shalimar

Name: Shalimar
Author: Jasmina Jovanović

Shalimar captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Jasmina Jovanović73% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Shalimar

Best Font Pairings for Shalimar

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Shalimar, including combinations with Andada, Uncut Sans and Literata Book.

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 Shalimar with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Character Set

Shalimar Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Shalimar Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Shalimar 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Adding Shalimar to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Shalimar in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Shalimar's Details

Jasmina Jovanović

Handwriting

Open Source

Shalimar brings calligraphic beauty and flowing connections, making it well-suited for creative projects. Its organic flow and personal character contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for signature elements and invitations, Shalimar adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Shalimar font supports Latin script, catering to languages such as English, French, Spanish, Ger....

Shalimar was designed by Jasmina Jovanović. The typeface's Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary handwriting design.

As a Casual handwritten in the Vox-ATypI Scripts family, Shalimar casual handwriting tradition. Its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it a strong fit for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Shalimar 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.

Shalimar

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Shalimar

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

Shalimar

Best Ways to Use Shalimar

Best Font Pairings for Shalimar

Test Shalimar Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Shalimar Used As Body Text

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

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Accessibility Overview for Shalimar

Legibility Analysis: Shalimar

Shalimar in Context: Readability

Eye Strain Considerations for Shalimar

Shalimar Accessibility Recommendations

Shalimar Usage Guidelines

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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