HK Grotesk

Name: HK Grotesk
Author: Hanken Design Co.

HK Grotesk delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Hanken Design Co.92% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use HK Grotesk

Best Font Pairings for HK Grotesk

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for HK Grotesk, including combinations with Kotta One, Gputeks and Theano Modern.

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

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Test HK Grotesk Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview HK Grotesk with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

HK Grotesk Specimen Gallery

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HK Grotesk Editorial Specimen

HK Grotesk in Editorial Context

HK Grotesk is a sans serif typeface by Hanken Design Co. suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Hanken Design Co.

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

HK Grotesk 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 HK Grotesk supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Hanken Design Co., HK Grotesk balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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HK Grotesk Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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HK Grotesk Specimen

HK Grotesk

HK Grotesk is a sans serif typeface by Hanken Design Co. built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

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Tagline Pairings

HK Grotesk— sans serif typeface

HK GroteskBy Hanken Design Co.

HK GroteskTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

HK Grotesk Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with HK Grotesk

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

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

When setting HK Grotesk 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'HK Grotesk'; }

Quick Start

Using HK Grotesk in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using HK Grotesk in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Exploring HK Grotesk's Design

Hanken Design Co.

Sans Serif

Open Source

HK Grotesk is a free font from Hanken Design Co..

HK Grotesk comes from the work of Hanken Design Co.. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, HK Grotesk features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality.

HK Grotesk 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.

HK Grotesk

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of HK Grotesk

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

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies HK Grotesk within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 92). HK Grotesk performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts. Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category.

Design Heritage

Designed by Hanken Design Co.. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About HK Grotesk

HK Grotesk represents a Lineal typeface, anchored in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality. TypeSmith features HK Grotesk in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for HK Grotesk

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Typefaces Like HK Grotesk

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to HK Grotesk based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

HK Grotesk Accessibility Profile

HK Grotesk scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Legibility Analysis: HK Grotesk

HK Grotesk draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: HK Grotesk

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for HK Grotesk

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

HK Grotesk Accessibility Recommendations

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

Getting the Most from HK Grotesk

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for HK Grotesk. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve HK Grotesk in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

Local

700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

HK Grotesk Multilingual 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

This font encodes 525 glyphs covering Latin. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

HK Grotesk Licensing

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.

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

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'hk-grotesk': ['HK Grotesk', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-hk-grotesk">Your text here</p>

HK Grotesk

Best Ways to Use HK Grotesk

Best Font Pairings for HK Grotesk

Test HK Grotesk Font Pairings Live

In Context

HK Grotesk Typography

HK Grotesk

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with HK Grotesk

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

Explore More

Inclusive Design

HK Grotesk Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: HK Grotesk

Readability Profile: HK Grotesk

Eye Strain Considerations for HK Grotesk

HK Grotesk Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from HK Grotesk

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

HK Grotesk

Best Ways to Use HK Grotesk

Best Font Pairings for HK Grotesk

Test HK Grotesk Font Pairings Live

In Context

HK Grotesk Typography

HK Grotesk

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with HK Grotesk

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

Explore More

Inclusive Design

HK Grotesk Accessibility Profile

Legibility Analysis: HK Grotesk

Readability Profile: HK Grotesk

Eye Strain Considerations for HK Grotesk

HK Grotesk Accessibility Recommendations

Getting the Most from HK Grotesk

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference