Telex

Name: Telex
Author: José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg

Telex delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg91% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Telex

Best Font Pairings for Telex

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Telex, including combinations with IM FELL French Canon PRO, Avara and Theano Modern.

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

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Test Telex Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Telex with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans 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

Telex Specimen Gallery

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Telex Editorial Specimen

Telex in Editorial Context

Telex is a sans serif typeface by José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

Designed by José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg, Telex balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Telex Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Telex Specimen

Telex

Telex is a sans serif typeface by José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

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Tagline Pairings

Telex— sans serif typeface

TelexBy José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Telex Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Telex Body Typography

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

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

When setting Telex 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Telex in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Telex

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Telex

José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg

Sans Serif

Open Source

Telex brings natural flow and human touch, making it well-suited for corporate branding. Its clean lines and geometric forms contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for mobile applications and corporate branding, Telex adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Telex font supports a wide range of languages, including those that use Latin, Cyrillic, and Gre....

Telex was crafted by José Nicolás Silva Schwarzenberg. Known for sans-serif typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Telex's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Telex features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Telex is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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In Context

Telex Typography

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Character Set

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Telex Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

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