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Dokdo

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

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Displayby Hyeonsoo Sheen52% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Dokdo

01

Best Font Pairings for Dokdo

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Dokdo, including combinations with Lato, Montserrat and Epunda Sans.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for Dokdo
02

Test Dokdo Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Dokdo 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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In Context

Dokdo Specimen Gallery

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Dokdo
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Dokdo Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Dokdo Specimen

Dokdo

Dokdo is a display typeface by Hyeonsoo Sheen built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Dokdo
Dokdo
DOKDO
DOKDOTYPE
D

Tagline Pairings

Dokdo— display typeface
DokdoBy Hyeonsoo Sheen
DokdoTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Dokdo Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Dokdo Heading Hierarchy

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

Reading Text in Dokdo

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

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

When setting Dokdo 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.

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

Quick Start

Using Dokdo in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Dokdo in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Dokdo

Hyeonsoo Sheen
Display
Open Source

Representing display typeface design, Dokdo showcases artistic vision and unique character, making it well-suited for logos. Its unique personality and artistic expression contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for posters and brand identities, Dokdo adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Dokdo font supports Latin script languages..

Dokdo was created by Hyeonsoo Sheen. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Dokdo features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

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

Dokdo

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Dokdo

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

1

Classification

Display analysis. Typographic analysis places Dokdo 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.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 52). Dokdo offers acceptable readability for standard design contexts, though specialized accessibility projects may benefit from higher-rated alternatives.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Hyeonsoo Sheen. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Display with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Dokdo

Dokdo is classified as a Graphic typeface, rooted 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 brand logotypes and wordmarks. TypeSmith indexes Dokdo in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for Dokdo
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Accessibility & Usability

52
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Dokdo

Dokdo falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Legibility Analysis: Dokdo

Dokdo 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.

Dokdo in Context: Readability

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.

Dokdo's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

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

Dokdo Accessibility Recommendations

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

Best Practices for Using Dokdo

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 Dokdo. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Dokdo in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Get Dokdo

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

International Character Support

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 Dokdo font supports Latin script languages.

Legal

Dokdo 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.

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