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Tulia

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

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Slab Serifby Rebekka Marleaux84% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Tulia

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Best Font Pairings for Tulia

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Tulia, including combinations with Namdhinggo, Fjord and RawengulkSans.

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

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Test Tulia Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Tulia 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

Tulia Specimen Gallery

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Tulia Editorial Specimen

Tulia in Editorial Context

Tulia is a slab serif typeface by Rebekka Marleaux suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Rebekka Marleaux

Typeface Designer • Slab Serif

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

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

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Tulia Typography

A slab serif typeface for UI components.

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Tulia Specimen

Tulia

Tulia is a slab serif typeface by Rebekka Marleaux built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSlab Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Tulia— slab serif typeface
TuliaBy Rebekka Marleaux
TuliaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Tulia Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Display Sizes for Tulia

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

Reading Text in Tulia

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

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

When setting Tulia 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.

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

Quick Start

Tulia Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Tulia CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Tulia: A Closer Look

Rebekka Marleaux
Slab Serif
Open Source

Tulia is a free font from Rebekka Marleaux.

Tulia was created by Rebekka Marleaux. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Slab Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Mechanistic classification, Tulia features unbracketed or minimally bracketed rectangular serifs and low stroke contrast approaching monolinear weight. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for data-dense interfaces like dashboards and tables.

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

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Tulia

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

1

Classification

Slab Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Tulia 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: 84). Tulia delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Rebekka Marleaux. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Slab Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Tulia

Tulia is classified as a Mechanistic typeface, rooted 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 data-dense interfaces like dashboards and tables. TypeSmith indexes Tulia in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
4 curated pairings for Tulia
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

84
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Tulia

Tulia achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Monolinear slab designs reduce halation risk. Their sturdy structure aids recognition for readers with low vision or dyslexia.

Legibility Analysis: Tulia

Tulia 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.

Readability Profile: Tulia

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.

Tulia for Long-Form Content

Tulia 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.

Tulia Accessibility Recommendations

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

Design Tips for Tulia

Combine with humanist sans-serifs for warmth or with a contrasting Didone serif for editorial hierarchy. Avoid pairing with blackletter or heavy display faces. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Tulia. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Tulia in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Tulia Font Files

Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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400
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500
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600
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700
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800
Aa
900

Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

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 245 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

Tulia License Information

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.

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