Exile
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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1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource/exile 2. Import in App
// Please select at least one weight and style 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Exile", system-ui;
} 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
/* Please select at least one weight and style */ Background & Story
Exile is a display stencil font inspired by music and iconic logo of The Rolling Stones.
The author saw it as a great challenge to design custom fonts for bands as a personal project. Their idea was to create a stencil typeface due to its practicality. It needed to be bold and loud, without compromising on design &emdash; making an all-caps approach essential. The contrast between swashy, soft, tongue-like elements and sharp, heavy slab serifs gave it the unique look the author envisioned. Its name was inspired by one of the author’s favorite Rolling Stones albums, Exile on Main St.
To contribute, please see github.com/rozgatype/Exile.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource/exile Designed by
Bartłomiej Rózga
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License
OFL-1.1