Fette Mikado

Name: Fette Mikado
Author: Peter Wiegel

Fette Mikado delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Peter Wiegel76% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Fette Mikado, including combinations with Karbon, Lemour Serif and Slibinas.

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Fette Mikado Editorial Specimen

Fette Mikado in Editorial Context

Fette Mikado is a sans serif typeface by Peter Wiegel suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Fette Mikado demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Fette Mikado supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Peter Wiegel, Fette Mikado balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Fette Mikado Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Fette Mikado Specimen

Fette Mikado

Fette Mikado is a sans serif typeface by Peter Wiegel built for display contexts.

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Fette Mikado— sans serif typeface

Fette MikadoBy Peter Wiegel

Fette MikadoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Fette Mikado Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Fette Mikado Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Fette Mikado 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Fette Mikado'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Fette Mikado

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Fette Mikado CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Fette Mikado Background & Features

Peter Wiegel

Sans Serif

Open Source

Fette Mikado font is a decorative retro vintage typeface by Peter Wiegel that revives early 20th century German advertising. This old-style face brings authentic period character to heritage brands and vintage design. Fette Mikado's decorative proportions and fancy details create distinctive nostalgic headlines. Particularly effective for antique shops, heritage products, and period-specific projects. Works at display sizes. Pairs with period fonts or clean modern text.

Fette Mikado was created by Peter Wiegel. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Fette Mikado features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for wayfinding, signage, and information design.

Fette Mikado is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Fette Mikado Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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