Yakin

Name: Yakin
Author: Syaf Rizal

Yakin 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 Yakin

Best Font Pairings for Yakin

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Yakin, including combinations with Fabiolo, Lt Saeada and Fanwood.

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

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Test Yakin Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Yakin 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

Yakin Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Yakin for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Yakin 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Yakin in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Yakin

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Inside Yakin

Syaf Rizal

Handwriting

Open Source

Yakin font is a handwriting typeface with bold brush letterforms that assert with confident, determined character. Each character displays powerful strokes with unwavering presence that communicates certainty and strength. This bold brush style works effectively for motivational content, assertive branding, and designs requiring typography that believes in its message. The determined aesthetic communicates conviction. Designers creating empowering, confident content will find Yakin appropriately assertive. Complements bold colors and strong supporting visual elements.

Yakin comes from the work of Syaf Rizal. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Yakin features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for packaging for artisanal and handmade products.

Yakin 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.

Yakin

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Yakin

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

Yakin

Best Ways to Use Yakin

Best Font Pairings for Yakin

Test Yakin Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Yakin for Paragraphs

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

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Inclusive Design

Using Yakin Accessibly

Yakin's Legibility

Yakin Reading Performance

Visual Comfort with Yakin

Yakin Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from Yakin

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions