Backso

Name: Backso
Author: Syaf Rizal

Backso captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Syaf Rizal75% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Backso

Best Font Pairings for Backso

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Backso, including combinations with Commit Mono, Dual and Brasspounder.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Backso Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Backso with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Character Set

Backso Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Backso

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Backso, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Backso demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Backso for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Backso small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Backso delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Backso italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Backso bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Backso typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Backso typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Backso'; }

Quick Start

Using Backso in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Backso:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Backso:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Backso';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Backso:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Backso CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Backso', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Backso', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'backso': ['Backso', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-backso">Your text here</p>

About

The Story of Backso

Syaf Rizal

Handwriting

Open Source

Backso font is a handwriting typeface expressing bold bubble character through cartoon funny hand-drawn backward construction for reversed playful aesthetics. The charming letterforms project reversed warmth suitable for playful branding, backward themes, and design projects celebrating backso typography. Bold bubble cartoon forms create backward presence while funny influence adds reversed character. Effective for playful products, reverse themes, and backward communications.

Backso was created by Syaf Rizal. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Backso features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Backso is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Backso

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Backso's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

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Best Ways to Use Backso

Best Font Pairings for Backso

Test Backso Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Backso

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

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Inclusive Design

Backso: Accessibility Considerations

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions