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Limelight
display · 2 weights
Limelight is a sensitive rendition of the classic high contrast art deco style geometric sans serif. Preview it with your own words to see how it fits your design.
- Classification
- Display
- Weights & styles
- 400, 700
- Designer / publisher
- Open-source contributors, via Bunny Fonts
- Formats
- WOFF2, WOFF, TTF
64px
All weights
400
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
700
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Character set
Uppercase
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Lowercase
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
Numbers
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Punctuation
!
"
#
$
%
&
'
(
)
*
+
,
-
.
/
:
;
<
=
>
?
@
[
\
]
^
_
`
{
|
}
~
Latin Extended
À
Á
Â
Ã
Ä
Å
Æ
Ç
È
É
Ê
Ë
Ì
Í
Î
Ï
Ð
Ñ
Ò
Ó
Ô
Õ
Ö
Ø
Ù
Ú
Û
Ü
Ý
Þ
ß
à
á
â
ã
ä
å
æ
ç
è
é
ê
ë
ì
í
î
ï
ð
ñ
ò
ó
ô
õ
ö
ø
ù
ú
û
ü
ý
þ
ÿ
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