Turmeric

Name: Turmeric
Author: Tom Holloway

Turmeric brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

Scroll to explore

Serifby Tom Holloway88% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Turmeric

Best Font Pairings for Turmeric

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Turmeric, including combinations with Templegarten, Compote and Oito.

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

Explore 4 Pairings for Turmeric

Test Turmeric Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Turmeric with any font combination in real-time, optimized for serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

Test Turmeric Pairings Live

In Context

Turmeric Specimen Gallery

EditorialUI ComponentsPosterWordmark

Turmeric Editorial Specimen

Turmeric in Editorial Context

Turmeric is a serif typeface by Tom Holloway suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Tom Holloway

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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

Email Address

Password

Turmeric Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError

Turmeric Specimen

Turmeric

Turmeric is a serif typeface by Tom Holloway built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Turmeric

TURMERIC

TURMERICTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Turmeric— serif typeface

TurmericBy Tom Holloway

TurmericTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Turmeric Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Turmeric Body Typography

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

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

When setting Turmeric 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Turmeric Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Turmeric';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Turmeric: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: 'Turmeric', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Turmeric

Tom Holloway

Serif

Open Source

Turmeric serif typeface delivers basic, contemporary antiqua forms through bold comprehensive family construction suited to versatile publishing. Tom Holloway's design provides confident character for editorial layouts, corporate communications, and professional documents. The contemporary proportions maintain current relevance while bold weights project authority. Turmeric's basic aesthetic serves publications, documentation, and formal communications. Both display and body text benefit from balanced proportions. Pair with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast.

Turmeric was created by Tom Holloway. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Turmeric features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for print-first layouts with sustained reading.

Turmeric 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.

Turmeric

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Turmeric

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

Classification

Serif analysis. From a classification standpoint, Turmeric within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 88). Turmeric maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

Design Heritage

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

Overview

About Turmeric

Turmeric is classified as a Classicals typeface, rooted in the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents. TypeSmith indexes Turmeric in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

4 curated pairings for Turmeric

View Pairings

Explore More

Alternatives to Turmeric

View all fonts

TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Turmeric based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Using Turmeric Accessibly

Turmeric scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Turmeric's Legibility

Turmeric draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Turmeric in Context: Readability

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Turmeric's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Turmeric 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.

Turmeric Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Turmeric. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Turmeric at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Turmeric Usage Guidelines

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Turmeric. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Turmeric in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Turmeric Font Files

Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

Local

700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

Turmeric Multilingual Support

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 313 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

Usage Rights for Turmeric

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

View License

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'turmeric': ['Turmeric', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-turmeric">Your text here</p>

Turmeric

Best Ways to Use Turmeric

Best Font Pairings for Turmeric

Test Turmeric Font Pairings Live

In Context

Turmeric Typography

Turmeric

Character Set

Type Scale

Turmeric Body Typography

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Turmeric Accessibly

Turmeric's Legibility

Turmeric in Context: Readability

Turmeric's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Turmeric Accessibility Recommendations

Turmeric Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Turmeric

Best Ways to Use Turmeric

Best Font Pairings for Turmeric

Test Turmeric Font Pairings Live

In Context

Turmeric Typography

Turmeric

Character Set

Type Scale

Turmeric Body Typography

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Turmeric Accessibly

Turmeric's Legibility

Turmeric in Context: Readability

Turmeric's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Turmeric Accessibility Recommendations

Turmeric Usage Guidelines

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference