Lemiesz

Name: Lemiesz
Author: David Rakowski

Lemiesz offers versatile typography with carefully balanced proportions for diverse design applications.

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Retroby David Rakowski66% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Lemiesz

Best Font Pairings for Lemiesz

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Lemiesz, including combinations with UnB, Cantora One and Epunda Sans.

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

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Test Lemiesz Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Lemiesz with any font combination in real-time, optimized for retro characteristics.

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

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In Context

Lemiesz Specimen Gallery

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Lemiesz Editorial Specimen

Lemiesz in Editorial Context

Lemiesz is a retro typeface by David Rakowski suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

David Rakowski

Typeface Designer • Retro

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

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

Designed by David Rakowski, Lemiesz balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Lemiesz Typography

A retro typeface for UI components.

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Lemiesz Specimen

Lemiesz

Lemiesz is a retro typeface by David Rakowski built for display contexts.

2 WeightsRetro Typeface

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Lemiesz

LEMIESZ

LEMIESZTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Lemiesz— retro typeface

LemieszBy David Rakowski

LemieszTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Lemiesz 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 Lemiesz

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

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

When setting Lemiesz 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Lemiesz in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Styling with Lemiesz

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Lemiesz

David Rakowski

Retro

Open Source

Lemiesz is a free font from David Rakowski.

Lemiesz was created by David Rakowski. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Retro typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Lemiesz features period-specific proportions and stroke treatments and inline, shadow, or dimensional decorative treatments. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for editorial illustration and poster design.

Lemiesz is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Lemiesz

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

Classification

Retro analysis. TypeSmith classifies Lemiesz within the Graphic (Period Revival / Retro) tradition, characterized by Period-specific proportions and stroke treatments and Inline, shadow, or dimensional decorative treatments. Retro typefaces revive lettering styles from specific historical periods, typically mid-20th-century Americana, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, or 1970s phototypesetting aesthetics. Key technical strength: instant visual era-signaling for thematic branding.

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Best Ways to Use Lemiesz

Best Font Pairings for Lemiesz

Test Lemiesz Font Pairings Live

In Context

Lemiesz Typography

Lemiesz

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Lemiesz

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 Overview for Lemiesz

Legibility Analysis: Lemiesz

Lemiesz's Readability

Lemiesz's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Lemiesz Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Lemiesz

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Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

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What you can do

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