Whisper

Name: Whisper
Author: Unknown

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

Scroll to explore

Handwriting88% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Whisper

Best Font Pairings for Whisper

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Whisper, including combinations with ChanticleerRoman, BodoniXT and TeX Gyre Pagella.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for Whisper

Test Whisper Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Whisper 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.

Test Whisper Pairings Live

Character Set

Whisper 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 Whisper

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

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

When setting Whisper 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Whisper in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Whisper';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Whisper');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Code Snippets for Whisper

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring Whisper's Design

Unknown

Handwriting

Open Source

Whisper achieves calligraphic beauty and expressive movement, making it well-suited for invitations. Its fluid strokes and natural rhythm contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for signature elements and creative projects, Whisper adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, ....

Whisper comes from the work of Unknown. Known for display typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Whisper's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Whisper 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.

Whisper is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated.

Whisper

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Whisper

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

Classification

Handwriting analysis. TypeSmith classifies Whisper within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 88). Whisper delivers consistent readability in both display and body-text roles. More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading.

Design Heritage

Designed by Unknown. Known for display typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Whisper's character shaping and weight distribution across a single focused weight.

Overview

About Whisper

Whisper embodies the Scripts typeface, anchored in the tradition where handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Its distinctive disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs. TypeSmith catalogs Whisper in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Whisper

View Pairings

Explore More

Typefaces Like Whisper

View all fonts

TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Whisper 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 Whisper Accessibly

Whisper scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

Legibility Analysis: Whisper

Whisper draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Whisper?

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Whisper for Long-Form Content

Whisper provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Whisper Accessibility Recommendations

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

Working with Whisper: Best Practices

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Whisper. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Whisper in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

Download

Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

Whisper 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

The font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic languages.

Legal

Whisper Licensing

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.

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

Whisper

Best Ways to Use Whisper

Best Font Pairings for Whisper

Test Whisper Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Whisper

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 Whisper Accessibly

Legibility Analysis: Whisper

How Readable is Whisper?

Whisper for Long-Form Content

Whisper Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Whisper: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Whisper

Best Ways to Use Whisper

Best Font Pairings for Whisper

Test Whisper Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Whisper

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 Whisper Accessibly

Legibility Analysis: Whisper

How Readable is Whisper?

Whisper for Long-Form Content

Whisper Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Whisper: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal