Hetilica

Name: Hetilica
Author: Diego Quintana

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

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Handwritingby Diego Quintana76% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Hetilica

Best Font Pairings for Hetilica

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Hetilica, including combinations with Arbutus Slab, Changa and Bubbler One.

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

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Hetilica 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

Hetilica Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Hetilica Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Hetilica 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Hetilica

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Hetilica

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Hetilica

Diego Quintana

Handwriting

Open Source

Hetilica is a free font from Diego Quintana.

Hetilica was designed by Diego Quintana. 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, Hetilica features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Hetilica is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Hetilica

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Hetilica

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

Classification

Handwriting analysis. TypeSmith classifies Hetilica within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

Hetilica

Best Ways to Use Hetilica

Best Font Pairings for Hetilica

Test Hetilica Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Hetilica 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

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Inclusive Design

Accessibility Features of Hetilica

Hetilica Legibility Characteristics

Readability Profile: Hetilica

Hetilica: Comfort in Extended Reading

Hetilica Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Hetilica

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions