Lekha

Name: Lekha
Author: Leslie Raju

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

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Handwritingby Leslie Raju59% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Lekha

Best Font Pairings for Lekha

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Lekha, including combinations with Getai Grotesk, Fonzie and Nivo.

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

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Test Lekha Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Lekha 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

Lekha Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Lekha for Paragraphs

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

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

When setting Lekha 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Lekha in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Code Snippets for Lekha

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Lekha: A Closer Look

Leslie Raju

Handwriting

Open Source

Lekha font is a handwriting typeface with calligraphy-influenced letterforms that write with South Asian artistic tradition. Each character displays refined strokes with calligraphic character suggesting Indian and South Asian writing heritage. This calligraphy style suits South Asian cultural content, heritage branding, and designs celebrating Indian artistic traditions. The lekha (writing) reference emphasizes South Asian character. For designers creating South Asian content, Lekha delivers appropriate cultural warmth. Complements South Asian cultural palettes.

Lekha was created by Leslie Raju. 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, Lekha 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.

Lekha is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Lekha

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Lekha

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

Lekha

Best Ways to Use Lekha

Best Font Pairings for Lekha

Test Lekha Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Lekha for Paragraphs

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 Lekha

Legibility Analysis: Lekha

How Readable is Lekha?

Lekha for Long-Form Content

Lekha Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Lekha

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

Restrictions