Standard Blackletter

Name: Standard Blackletter
Author: David Grigg

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

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Handwritingby David Grigg70% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Standard Blackletter

Best Font Pairings for Standard Blackletter

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Standard Blackletter, including combinations with Funnel Display, Wanted Sans and League Spartan.

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

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Test Standard Blackletter Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Standard Blackletter 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

Standard Blackletter 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 Standard Blackletter

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

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

When setting Standard Blackletter 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Standard Blackletter'; }

Quick Start

Adding Standard Blackletter to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring Standard Blackletter's Design

David Grigg

Handwriting

Open Source

Standard Blackletter font is a handwriting typeface with classic blackletter gothic letterforms that formalize with traditional personality. Each character displays standard gothic forms with formal character suggesting traditional blackletter conventions and historical typography. This blackletter gothic style suits medieval content, traditional branding, and designs requiring classic blackletter character. The standard blackletter reference emphasizes traditional convention. For designers creating traditional gothic content, Standard Blackletter delivers appropriate formal character. Complements traditional palettes.

Standard Blackletter was crafted by David Grigg. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Standard Blackletter features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

Standard Blackletter is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Standard Blackletter

Standard Blackletter

Best Ways to Use Standard Blackletter

Best Font Pairings for Standard Blackletter

Test Standard Blackletter Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Standard Blackletter

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

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Standard Blackletter: Accessibility Considerations

Standard Blackletter Legibility Characteristics

Standard Blackletter's Readability

Eye Strain Considerations for Standard Blackletter

Standard Blackletter Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Standard Blackletter: Best Practices

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