Buenard
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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Package Manager
The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.
1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/buenard 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/buenard/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Buenard Variable", serif;
} Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style --> Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* buenard-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Buenard Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/buenard:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
Buenard is a high-quality serif typeface for art books. It is based on the Transitional Roman classical structure, with less contrasted strokes and heavier serifs.
It has its own contemporary style, combining elegance, consistency and legibility for all text sizes, making it an excellent choice when selecting a serif font.
Buenard was initially designed for an Argentinian art publisher and progressed as a final project in the Postgraduate Career in Typography at the University of Buenos Aires.
To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/buenard.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/buenard Designed by
Gustavo Ibarra
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License
OFL-1.1