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Dekko

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

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Handwritingby Katham Bandi68% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Dekko

01

Best Font Pairings for Dekko

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Dekko, including combinations with Montserrat, Uncut Sans and Quattrocento Roman.

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

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02

Test Dekko Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Dekko 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

Dekko Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Heading Styles with Dekko

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Dekko primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Dekko section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Dekko subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Dekko content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Dekko minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Dekko smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Body Text with Dekko

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

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

When setting Dekko 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.

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

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxDekko delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxDekko italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxDekko bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxDekko typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxDekko typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Dekko'; }

Quick Start

Using Dekko in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Dekko: History & Characteristics

Katham Bandi
Handwriting
Open Source

Dekko achieves cursive elegance and calligraphic beauty, making it well-suited for creative projects. Its natural rhythm and fluid strokes contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for signature elements and greeting cards, Dekko adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Dekko font supports Latin script languages..

Dekko comes from the work of Katham Bandi. The typeface's Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary handwriting design.

As a Casual handwritten in the Vox-ATypI Scripts family, Dekko casual handwriting tradition. Its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it a strong fit for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

Dekko is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Dekko

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Dekko

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

1

Classification

Casual handwritten classification. Dekko exhibits Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms, Irregular stroke weight, Uneven baseline. Designed by Katham Bandi. A handwriting typeface available through TypeSmith.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 68). Dekko handles most reading scenarios adequately, with best results at sizes above 14 px on screen.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Katham Bandi. Dekko casual handwriting tradition, delivered as a single focused weight.

Overview

About Dekko

Dekko embodies the Casual handwritten in the Vox-ATypI Scripts family, designed during the Contemporary handwriting design era. Built with Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight, Dekko serves as a standard typeface for personal branding and lifestyle blogs. TypeSmith features Dekko in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for Dekko
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

68
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Dekko

Dekko falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

Legibility Analysis: Dekko

Dekko draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Dekko?

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for Dekko

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

Dekko Accessibility Recommendations

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

Working with Dekko: Best Practices

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Dekko. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Dekko in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available on Google Fonts
4 weights available for download
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Available Weights

400
Regular
400
Regular Italic
700
Bold
700
Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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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 Dekko font supports Latin script languages.

Legal

Dekko License Information

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.

Dekko 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 Dekko ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.