Gaegu

Name: Gaegu
Author: Jungmin Hong

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

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Handwritingby Jungmin Hong42% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Gaegu

Best Font Pairings for Gaegu

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Gaegu, including combinations with Montserrat, Lato and Merriweather.

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

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Test Gaegu Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Gaegu 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

Gaegu Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Gaegu Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Gaegu 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Adding Gaegu to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Gaegu

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Gaegu

Jungmin Hong

Handwriting

Open Source

Gaegu establishes expressive movement and flowing connections, making it well-suited for greeting cards. Its organic flow and personal character contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for invitations and creative projects, Gaegu adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Gaegu supports the Korean language, featuring a playful and whimsical style suitable for children's ....

Gaegu was designed by Jungmin Hong. 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, Gaegu features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for pull quotes and editorial accent text.

Gaegu is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated.

Gaegu

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Gaegu

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

Gaegu

Best Ways to Use Gaegu

Best Font Pairings for Gaegu

Test Gaegu Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Gaegu Used As Body Text

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

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Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Gaegu

Gaegu's Legibility

Gaegu's Readability

Gaegu's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Gaegu Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Gaegu

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions