The Rumor

Name: The Rumor
Author: Syaf Rizal

The Rumor captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Syaf Rizal70% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use The Rumor

Best Font Pairings for The Rumor

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for The Rumor, including combinations with Quatre Quarts, Gnomon and Space Grotesk.

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

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Test The Rumor Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview The Rumor 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

The Rumor 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 The Rumor

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

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

When setting The Rumor 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'The Rumor'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed The Rumor in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using The Rumor in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Rumor: History & Characteristics

Syaf Rizal

Handwriting

Open Source

The Rumor font is a handwriting typeface with brush casual letterforms that whisper with intriguing personality. Each character displays confident brush strokes with slightly mysterious character that suggests secrets worth sharing. This brush style suits fashion content, lifestyle branding, and designs requiring typography with subtle drama and conversational appeal. The rumor reference suggests compelling narrative. Designers creating content with editorial or storytelling positioning will find The Rumor appropriately engaging. Pairs with elegant supporting fonts for sophisticated casual brand systems.

The Rumor comes from the work of Syaf Rizal. 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, The Rumor 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.

The Rumor 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.

The Rumor

Typography Judgment

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The Rumor

Best Ways to Use The Rumor

Best Font Pairings for The Rumor

Test The Rumor Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with The Rumor

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 The Rumor

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Eye Strain Considerations for The Rumor

The Rumor Accessibility Recommendations

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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