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Yokawerad

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

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Serifby GLUK fonts86% Accessible
Characters712
Glyphs854
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Yokawerad

01

Best Font Pairings for Yokawerad

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Yokawerad, including combinations with Heebo, Uncut Sans and Signika Negative.

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

Explore 4 Pairings for Yokawerad
02

Test Yokawerad Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Yokawerad 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.

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In Context

Yokawerad Specimen Gallery

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Yokawerad Editorial Specimen

Yokawerad in Editorial Context

Yokawerad is a serif typeface by GLUK fonts suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

GLUK fonts

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Yokawerad Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Yokawerad Specimen

Yokawerad

Yokawerad is a serif typeface by GLUK fonts built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Yokawerad
YOKAWERAD
YOKAWERADTYPE
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Tagline Pairings

Yokawerad— serif typeface
YokaweradBy GLUK fonts
YokaweradTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Yokawerad Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Yokawerad Typography Scale

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

Yokawerad for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Yokawerad 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.

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

Quick Start

Adding Yokawerad to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Yokawerad

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Yokawerad's Details

GLUK fonts
Serif
Open Source

Yokawerad is a free font from GLUK fonts.

Yokawerad was created by GLUK fonts. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Yokawerad features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents.

Yokawerad is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Yokawerad

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Yokawerad

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

1

Classification

Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies Yokawerad 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.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 86). Yokawerad performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by GLUK fonts. 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 Yokawerad

Yokawerad 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 print-first layouts with sustained reading. TypeSmith features Yokawerad in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Yokawerad
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Accessibility & Usability

86
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Yokawerad Accessibility Profile

Yokawerad 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.

Reading Yokawerad: Legibility Factors

Yokawerad 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.

How Readable is Yokawerad?

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.

Yokawerad: Comfort in Extended Reading

Yokawerad 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.

Yokawerad Accessibility Recommendations

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

Design Tips for Yokawerad

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 Yokawerad. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Yokawerad in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Available Weights

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

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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200
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400
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500
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600
Aa
700
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800
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900

Internationalization

Yokawerad Language Coverage

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 683 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. 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

License Type

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.

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