Shihan

Name: Shihan
Author: Sergei Godovalov

Shihan offers versatile typography with carefully balanced proportions for diverse design applications.

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Slab Serifby Sergei Godovalov72% Accessible

Characters512

Glyphs614

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Best Ways to Use Shihan

Best Font Pairings for Shihan

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Shihan, including combinations with Urba, Affigere and Boffin.

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 Shihan with any font combination in real-time, optimized for slab 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

Shihan Specimen Gallery

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Shihan Editorial Specimen

Shihan in Editorial Context

Shihan is a slab serif typeface by Sergei Godovalov suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Sergei Godovalov

Typeface Designer • Slab Serif

Shihan demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a slab serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Shihan supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Shihan Typography

A slab serif typeface for UI components.

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Shihan Specimen

Shihan

Shihan is a slab serif typeface by Sergei Godovalov built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSlab Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

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Shihan— slab serif typeface

ShihanBy Sergei Godovalov

ShihanTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Shihan Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Shihan

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

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

When setting Shihan 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Shihan in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Shihan

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Shihan

Sergei Godovalov

Slab Serif

Open Source

Shihan font is a cool geometric sharp square slab-serif by Sergei Godovalov offering Cyrillic support for striking contemporary applications. This distinctive typeface delivers angular precision suited for technology branding, futuristic editorial design, and visual identities requiring sharp geometric authority across Russian and Western markets. Shihan excels in software interfaces, architectural graphics, and publication headlines where square geometric forms project progressive technical confidence. The sharp details add contemporary edge while Cyrillic support extends international utility. Designers seeking sharp geometric multilingual slab-serifs will find Shihan delivers striking precision. Pairs effectively with humanist sans-serifs for modern editorial contrast.

Shihan was designed by Sergei Godovalov. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Slab Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Mechanistic classification, Shihan features unbracketed or minimally bracketed rectangular serifs and low stroke contrast approaching monolinear weight. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for wayfinding and signage systems.

Shihan is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, 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 Shihan

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

Classification

Slab Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Shihan within the Mechanistic (Slab Serif / Egyptienne) tradition, characterized by Unbracketed or minimally bracketed rectangular serifs and Low stroke contrast approaching monolinear weight. Slab serifs emerged in early 19th-century British advertising type, pioneered by Vincent Figgins around 1815. Key technical strength: consistent rendering across screen resolutions.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 72). Shihan maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

Design Heritage

Designed by Sergei Godovalov. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Slab Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Shihan

Shihan falls within the Mechanistic typeface, drawn from the tradition where slab serifs emerged in early 19th-century British advertising type, pioneered by Vincent Figgins around 1815. Its distinctive unbracketed or minimally bracketed rectangular serifs and low stroke contrast approaching monolinear weight make it well-suited for wayfinding and signage systems. TypeSmith indexes Shihan in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Shihan

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Alternatives to Shihan

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Shihan based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Shihan: Accessibility Considerations

Shihan achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Monolinear slab designs reduce halation risk. Their sturdy structure aids recognition for readers with low vision or dyslexia.

Reading Shihan: Legibility Factors

Shihan draws legibility from its unbracketed or minimally bracketed rectangular serifs and low stroke contrast approaching monolinear weight. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Shihan's Readability

The uniform stroke weight and blocky serifs maintain legibility at small sizes on screen. Geometric slabs perform well in UI contexts where clarity is paramount. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Shihan's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Shihan 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.

Shihan Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Shihan. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. For low-vision users, pair Shihan with high-contrast backgrounds and avoid setting below 18 px.

Shihan Usage Guidelines

Combine with humanist sans-serifs for warmth or with a contrasting Didone serif for editorial hierarchy. Avoid pairing with blackletter or heavy display faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Shihan. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Shihan in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Shihan Font Files

Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

Local

700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

Language Support

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 215 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Usage Rights for Shihan

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'shihan': ['Shihan', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-shihan">Your text here</p>

Shihan

Best Ways to Use Shihan

Best Font Pairings for Shihan

Test Shihan Font Pairings Live

In Context

Shihan Typography

Shihan

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Shihan

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

Shihan: Accessibility Considerations

Reading Shihan: Legibility Factors

Shihan's Readability

Shihan's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Shihan Accessibility Recommendations

Shihan Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Shihan

Best Ways to Use Shihan

Best Font Pairings for Shihan

Test Shihan Font Pairings Live

In Context

Shihan Typography

Shihan

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Shihan

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

Shihan: Accessibility Considerations

Reading Shihan: Legibility Factors

Shihan's Readability

Shihan's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Shihan Accessibility Recommendations

Shihan Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference