Dangrek

Name: Dangrek
Author: Dan Rhatigan

Dangrek commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Dan Rhatigan73% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Ways to Use Dangrek

Best Font Pairings for Dangrek

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Dangrek, including combinations with ABeeZee, AR One Sans and Suse Mono.

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

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Test Dangrek Font Pairings Live

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

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

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Dangrek Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Dangrek Specimen

Dangrek

Dangrek is a display typeface by Dan Rhatigan built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Dangrek

DANGREK

DANGREKTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Dangrek— display typeface

DangrekBy Dan Rhatigan

DangrekTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Dangrek Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Dangrek

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

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

When setting Dangrek 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.

Dangrek 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	Dangrek delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Dangrek italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Dangrek bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Dangrek typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Dangrek typography specimen

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

Quick Start

Using Dangrek in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Dangrek';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Dangrek');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Code Snippets for Dangrek

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Dangrek', 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        'dangrek': ['Dangrek', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-dangrek">Your text here</p>

About

The Design of Dangrek

Dan Rhatigan

Display

Open Source

Dangrek establishes distinctive personality and unique character, making it well-suited for posters. Its unique personality and bold presence contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for brand identities and logos, Dangrek adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Dangrek font supports the Khmer script, which is used for writing the Khmer language, the offici....

Dangrek was crafted by Dan Rhatigan. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Dangrek features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for hero headlines and landing page headers.

Dangrek is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated.

Dangrek

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Dangrek

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

Classification

Display analysis. TypeSmith classifies Dangrek within the Graphic (Display / Titling) tradition, characterized by Tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and Exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. Display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Key technical strength: high visual impact with minimal typographic hierarchy.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 73). Dangrek performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts.

Design Heritage

Designed by Dan Rhatigan. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Display with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Dangrek

Dangrek represents a Graphic typeface, anchored in the tradition where display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Its distinctive tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features make it well-suited for hero headlines and landing page headers. TypeSmith indexes Dangrek in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Dangrek

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Typefaces Like Dangrek

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Dangrek based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Dangrek Accessibility Profile

Dangrek achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Legibility Analysis: Dangrek

Dangrek draws legibility from its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Dangrek?

Designed exclusively for sizes above 24 pt. Display faces sacrifice small-size legibility for visual impact and personality at headline scale. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Visual Comfort with Dangrek

Dangrek provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Dangrek Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Dangrek. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Dangrek at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Working with Dangrek: Best Practices

Anchor with a neutral text serif or sans-serif. The display face should carry personality while the text face carries readability. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Dangrek. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Dangrek in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights & Styles

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

Download

Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

100

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400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

Supported Scripts & Languages

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

The Dangrek font supports the Khmer script, which is used for writing the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia.

Legal

Dangrek Licensing

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Dangrek is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Dangrek ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

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

Dangrek

Best Ways to Use Dangrek

Best Font Pairings for Dangrek

Test Dangrek Font Pairings Live

In Context

Dangrek Typography

Dangrek

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Dangrek

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Dangrek Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: Dangrek

How Readable is Dangrek?

Visual Comfort with Dangrek

Dangrek Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Dangrek: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Dangrek

Best Ways to Use Dangrek

Best Font Pairings for Dangrek

Test Dangrek Font Pairings Live

In Context

Dangrek Typography

Dangrek

Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Dangrek

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

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Dangrek Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: Dangrek

How Readable is Dangrek?

Visual Comfort with Dangrek

Dangrek Accessibility Recommendations

Working with Dangrek: Best Practices

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference