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Temprano

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

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Slab Serifby Sergio Navarro90% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Temprano

01

Best Font Pairings for Temprano

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Temprano, including combinations with Dual, Phlatt Grotesk and Space Fray.

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

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Test Temprano Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Temprano 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

Temprano Specimen Gallery

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Temprano Editorial Specimen

Temprano in Editorial Context

Temprano is a slab serif typeface by Sergio Navarro suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Sergio Navarro

Typeface Designer • Slab Serif

Temprano 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 Temprano supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

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

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Temprano Typography

A slab serif typeface for UI components.

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Temprano Specimen

Temprano

Temprano is a slab serif typeface by Sergio Navarro built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSlab Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

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Tagline Pairings

Temprano— slab serif typeface
TempranoBy Sergio Navarro
TempranoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Temprano Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Temprano Used As Heading Examples

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Temprano primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Temprano section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Temprano subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Temprano content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Temprano minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Temprano smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Reading Text in Temprano

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

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

When setting Temprano 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.

Temprano small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxTemprano delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxTemprano italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxTemprano bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxTemprano typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxTemprano typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Temprano'; }

Quick Start

Temprano Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Temprano

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Inside Temprano

Sergio Navarro
Slab Serif
Open Source

Temprano Typeface font is a basic grotesk slab-serif by Sergio Navarro designed for reliable editorial applications with practical character. This comprehensive typeface family delivers dependable functionality suited for publication design, corporate communications, and document typography where straightforward slab-serif presence supports content. Temprano brings workmanlike reliability appropriate for journalism, technical writing, and business documents requiring contemporary professional typography. The grotesk influences add subtle modern character. Designers seeking practical grotesk slab-serifs will find Temprano performs consistently. Works effectively alongside humanist sans-serifs for contemporary publication systems.

Temprano was crafted by Sergio Navarro. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

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

Temprano 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.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Temprano

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

1

Classification

Slab Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Temprano 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.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 90). Temprano maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. The uniform stroke weight and blocky serifs maintain legibility at small sizes on screen.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Sergio Navarro. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Slab Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Temprano

Temprano represents a Mechanistic typeface, anchored in 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 branding for technology and industrial sectors. TypeSmith catalogs Temprano in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for Temprano
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Accessibility & Usability

90
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Temprano Accessibility Profile

Temprano scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Monolinear slab designs reduce halation risk. Their sturdy structure aids recognition for readers with low vision or dyslexia.

Reading Temprano: Legibility Factors

Temprano 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.

Temprano'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.

Temprano: Comfort in Extended Reading

Temprano 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.

Temprano Accessibility Recommendations

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

Getting the Most from Temprano

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 Temprano. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Temprano in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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200
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300
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400
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500
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600
Aa
700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Temprano Language Coverage

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 231 glyphs covering Latin. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Font License Details

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.

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