Spleen

Name: Spleen
Author: Frederic Cambus

Spleen commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Frederic Cambus78% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Spleen

Best Font Pairings for Spleen

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Spleen, including combinations with Arteks, Raigarh and Cossette Texte.

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

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Test Spleen Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Spleen with any font combination in real-time, optimized for display characteristics.

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

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Spleen Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Spleen Specimen

Spleen

Spleen is a display typeface by Frederic Cambus built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface

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Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Spleen— display typeface

SpleenBy Frederic Cambus

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UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Spleen Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Spleen

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

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

When setting Spleen 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Spleen

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Spleen

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Spleen

Frederic Cambus

Display

Open Source

Spleen font is a display typeface featuring code-friendly monospace construction with bitmap-influenced character for systematic technical applications. The precise letterforms project programmer precision suitable for development environments, terminal interfaces, and technology documentation. Bitmap influence honors digital heritage while monospace alignment ensures code-friendly display. Effective for IDE themes, developer tools, and technical publications. Complements proportional technical sans-serifs.

Spleen was created by Frederic Cambus. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Spleen features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

Spleen 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.

Spleen

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Spleen

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

Spleen

Best Ways to Use Spleen

Best Font Pairings for Spleen

Test Spleen Font Pairings Live

In Context

Spleen Typography

Spleen

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Spleen

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 Features of Spleen

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Spleen Accessibility Recommendations

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