Virilica

Name: Virilica
Author: Vesko Radic

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

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Handwritingby Vesko Radic80% Accessible

Characters512

Glyphs614

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Virilica

Best Font Pairings for Virilica

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Virilica, including combinations with Berenis Pro, Andada and Cochineal.

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

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Test Virilica Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Virilica 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

Virilica 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 Virilica

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

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

When setting Virilica 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Virilica in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Virilica in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Virilica

Vesko Radic

Handwriting

Open Source

Virilica font is a handwriting typeface with casual comic letterforms and comprehensive Cyrillic support. Each character displays masculine shapes with strong character while enabling Eastern European typography. This casual comic Cyrillic style suits Russian casual content, Eastern European masculine graphics, and designs requiring approachable typography in Cyrillic contexts. The Cyrillic reference emphasizes Eastern European character. Designers creating Cyrillic casual content will find Virilica appropriate. Complements casual palettes.

Virilica was designed by Vesko Radic. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Virilica features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for pull quotes and editorial accent text.

Virilica is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, 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 Virilica

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

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Best Ways to Use Virilica

Best Font Pairings for Virilica

Test Virilica Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Virilica

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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Inclusive Design

Virilica: Accessibility Considerations

Virilica Legibility Characteristics

Virilica in Context: Readability

Virilica's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Virilica Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Virilica

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions