Kurinto Typefaces

This page summarizes the 506 fonts that make up the 21 typefaces in Kurinto.

Since this page loads the Regular, Bold, Italic, and Bold-Italic style of the Core variant of each Typeface as a web-font (that's 4 × 21 web fonts), you can get an idea the load speed of the Core fonts.

The variants are shown on the right side of each section. Variants are subsets of the typeface that contain specific character sets. See the Kurinto User's Guide for a description of the font variants.

Note that the typeface for the Core variant of, for example, Kurinto Text is called “Kurinto Text Core”. However, the (Main) variant is shown in parentheses, because the Main variant is called simply “Kurinto Text” (not “Kurinto Text Main”).

Rg = Regular, Bd = Bold, It = Italic, and BdIt = Bold-Italic. Lt = Light, SemBd = Semi-Bold, Nar = Narrow, Wid = Wide. The "K" figures for glyph counts are: round (glyph count / 1024).

“Calligraphy is jewelry fashioned by the hand
from the pure gold of the intellect”
Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (10^thc.)

Primary Typefaces

Text

A modern typeface designed to make body text pleasant and easy to read. I consider this my primary go-to font for typesetting body text. In addition to the standard variants, the Kurinto Text Music fonts provide access to a rich set of glyphs for typesetting musical staff notation.

(Main) (33K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (1.9K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (30K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (16K–61K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (3.0K–3.7K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Music (51K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Book

A classical “old-style” typeface based on a design from the Italian Renaissance. It is suitable for academic works and any publication where a classical or historical look is suitable. The diacritics are sized and positioned for legibility. An additional variant provides support for MUFI3 (the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative).

(Main) (32K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (1.9K glyphs) Lt, LtIt, Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (30K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (39K–61K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (3.0K–3.7K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
UFI (9.7K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Sans

A clean, Gothic, sans-serif design focused on readability. Kurinto Book Bold is distinctive in that it is more compact than the Regular style.

(Main) (28K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt,
SemBd, SemBdIt
Core (1.0K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt,
SemBd, SemBdIt
Aux (35K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (17K–60K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (2.0K–2.3K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Music (46K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Seri

A Humanist, “semi-serif” typeface with tapered strokes and very modest serifs. The name “Seri” is a contraction of “semi-serif” (and also a play on truncating the word ”serif”).

(Main) (26K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (986 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (35K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (17K–60K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (2.0K–2.2K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Mono

Accommodates diverse writing systems in a “faux-monospaced” typeface. The characters occupy one of of three widths: 1×, 2×, or 3× the width of the Latin letters. This approach can be termed “duospaced” or “multi-spaced”.

(Main) (9.1K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt,
NarRg, NarBd, NarIt, NarBdIt,
SemWidRg, SemWidBd,
SemWidIt, SemWidBdIt
Core (987 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (8.2K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK
(31K–60K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Secondary Typefaces

Arte

An alternative book typeface with a particular flair, based on a Modified Venetian design.

(Main) (31K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (814 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (29K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (15K–60K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (1.9–2.6K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Curv

A relaxed Humanist design suitable for informal body text or headings.

Core (1.6K glyphs) Lt, Rg, SemBd, Bd, LtIt, It, SemBdIt, BdIt

News

A contemporary design based on the newsprint tradition. While Kurinto News is designed in the style of Times New Roman, the letters are generally wider than the original font. A document set in Times New Roman will expand if you switch to Kurinto News. For fonts that avoid this issue, see Kurinto TRom and Kurinto TMod below.

Core (1.3K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Olde

A “blackletter” design that emulates the masthead of The New York Times.

Core (1.6K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
NarRg, NarBd, NarIt, NarBdIt
WidRg, WidBd, WidIt, WidBdIt

Plot

An ultra-thin design that emulates the trace of a plotter pen. What you are reading is actually Kurinto Plot Bold.

Here is Kurinto Plot Regular.

(Main) (21K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (1.1K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
JP (17K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Roma

An old-style Garalde typeface based on the Clarendon designs of the 17^th century.

Core (1.1K–1.7K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
UFI (8.7K–9.3K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Type

A multi-spaced typeface designed to evoke a typewritten feel.

(Main) (25K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
NarRg, NarBd, NarIt, NarBdIt
SemWidRg, SemWidBd, SemWidIt, SemWidBdIt
Core (1.6K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
JP (18K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Metric Compatible Typefaces

Metric compatible fonts match the metrics (i.e. glyph dimensions) of another font. If you replace a font with a metric-compatible alternative, the formatting of the document or web page should not change. Line and page breaks should stay in the same locations, and text in frames or boxes should not overflow their boundaries.

Aria

A metric-compatible replacement for Arial.

Sampler PDF (Core) Sampler PDF (Main)

(Main) (25K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (1.6K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (36K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (18K–61K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (2.6–2.9K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Bria

A metric-compatible replacement for Cambria.

Core (748–752 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Cali

A metric-compatible replacement for Calbri.

Sampler PDF (Core) Sampler PDF (Main)

(Main) (25K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (1.0K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (35K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (17K–60K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (1.9–2.2K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

CMod

A metric-compatible replacement for Courier New.

Core (719–720 glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

CNew

A metric-compatible replacement for Courier New.

Core (1.6K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Gara

A metric-compatible replacement for Monotype Garamond.

Core (1.7K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

Grga

A metric-compatible replacement for Georgia.

Core (891–894 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

TMod

A metric-compatible replacement for Times New Roman with more modern character designs.

Sampler PDF (Core) Sampler PDF (Main)

(Main) (31K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Core (714 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
Aux (29K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
HK, JP, KR, SC, TC, CJK (15K–60K glyphs)
Rg, Bd, It, BdIt
KM, TB (1.8–2.5K glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt

TRom

A metric-compatible replacement for Times New Roman with traditional character designs.

Core (724–748 glyphs) Rg, Bd, It, BdIt