Ruda
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/ruda 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/ruda/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Ruda Variable", sans-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
/* ruda-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Ruda Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/ruda:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
Ruda is a sans serif typeface originally developed for a specific context of use, product labels. Designed by Mariela Monsalve and Angelina Sanchez, Ruda features a very large x-height, low cap-height and open forms.
In Febraury 2020, the family has been upgraded to a variable font.
To contribute, see github.com/marmonsalve/Ruda-new.
Ruda is a collaboration between marie monsalve and Angelina Saanchez.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/ruda Designed by
Mariela Monsalve, Angelina Sanchez
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License
OFL-1.1