Mako

Name: Mako
Author: Vernon Adams

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

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Sans Serifby Vernon Adams88% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Mako

Best Font Pairings for Mako

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Mako, including combinations with Big Shoulders Text, Theano Modern and Devroye.

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

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Test Mako Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Mako 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

Mako Specimen Gallery

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Mako Editorial Specimen

Mako in Editorial Context

Mako is a sans serif typeface by Vernon Adams suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

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

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

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Mako Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Mako Specimen

Mako

Mako is a sans serif typeface by Vernon Adams built for display contexts.

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Mako— sans serif typeface

MakoBy Vernon Adams

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Mako Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Mako

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

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

When setting Mako 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using Mako in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Mako CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

About Mako

Vernon Adams

Sans Serif

Open Source

As a sans-serif typeface, Mako features Swiss precision and systematic design, making it well-suited for web content. Its modern aesthetic and geometric forms contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for digital interfaces and web content, Mako adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Mako font supports a variety of languages, primarily those using the Latin alphabet, including W....

Mako was crafted by Vernon Adams. Known for open-source display and text typeface design, the designer's expertise shapes Mako's glyph proportions, stroke consistency, and typographic color.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Mako 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.

Mako 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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Expert Analysis of Mako

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Best Ways to Use Mako

Best Font Pairings for Mako

Test Mako Font Pairings Live

In Context

Mako Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Reading Text in Mako

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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