SUSE
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/suse 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/suse/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "SUSE 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
/* suse-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "SUSE Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/suse:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
SUSE was created to reflect the innovative and open-source spirit of the SUSE company. It provides clarity and legibility, making it ideal for both digital and print media. The hybrid design combines geometric precision with monospaced stability, ensuring a modern and efficient aesthetic.
To contribute, see github.com/SUSE/suse-font.
SUSE is a sans serif typeface designed by René Bieder, embodying a unique hybrid between geometric and monospaced features. It captures the essence of SUSE, a company renowned for its open-source solutions. This versatile typeface family includes the following styles: Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, and ExtraBold.
It stands out with its distinctive design, perfect for modern, open-source, and tech-focused projects. Its variety of weights allows for flexibility in design, from headlines to body text, ensuring consistency and harmony across different use cases. SUSE supports over 200 Latin-based languages
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/suse Designed by
René Bieder
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License
OFL-1.1