Readable first. Distinctive second.
The Clintware type system is built for software, documentation, product pages, and technical interfaces. It keeps familiar Arial/Helvetica proportions, adds a compact display voice, reserves monospace for system language, and uses handwritten or alien styling only as restrained accents.
Primary reading face. Arial/Helvetica-compatible proportions with Liberation Sans as the open-source first choice when installed.
Headings and compact product titles. Narrower, denser, and more software-oriented without becoming decorative.
Navigation labels, terminal language, metadata, code, and system status.
Annotation-only accent. Never used for core navigation, paragraphs, or primary headings.
A subtle CSS alternate for occasional display use. The production logo uses only a restrained version so readability stays intact.
Use the same implementation.
Portable CSS variables and utility classes for Sans, Display, Mono, Hand, Alien, and the brand accent.
Download CSSUsage notes, licensing boundaries, and the open-source font fallback reference.
Download READMEDrop it into a project.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="clintware-type-system.css"> <h1>Software built to do real work.</h1> <span class="cw-mono">BUILD → VERIFY → SHIP</span> <span class="cw-hand">human-built</span>
The downloadable Clintware CSS implementation is MIT licensed. Clintware does not redistribute Arial, Helvetica, Cascadia Code, Segoe Print, or other proprietary font binaries. Liberation Fonts are obtained directly from their upstream project and retain their SIL Open Font License.