NotMaryKate

Name: NotMaryKate
Author: Nick's Fonts

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

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Retroby Nick's Fonts62% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use NotMaryKate

Best Font Pairings for NotMaryKate

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for NotMaryKate, including combinations with Noto Naskh Arabic, Datalegreya and Amiko.

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 NotMaryKate 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

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NotMaryKate Editorial Specimen

NotMaryKate in Editorial Context

NotMaryKate is a retro typeface by Nick's Fonts suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Retro

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

Designed by Nick's Fonts, NotMaryKate balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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NotMaryKate Typography

A retro typeface for UI components.

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NotMaryKate Specimen

NotMaryKate

NotMaryKate is a retro typeface by Nick's Fonts built for display contexts.

2 WeightsRetro Typeface

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Tagline Pairings

NotMaryKate— retro typeface

NotMaryKateBy Nick's Fonts

NotMaryKateTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

NotMaryKate Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

NotMaryKate Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting NotMaryKate 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Using NotMaryKate in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

NotMaryKate CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of NotMaryKate

Nick's Fonts

Retro

Open Source

NotMaryKate is a free font from Nick's Fonts.

NotMaryKate was designed by Nick's Fonts. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Retro typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, NotMaryKate 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.

NotMaryKate is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

NotMaryKate

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of NotMaryKate

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

Classification

Retro analysis. TypeSmith classifies NotMaryKate 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.

NotMaryKate

Best Ways to Use NotMaryKate

Best Font Pairings for NotMaryKate

Test NotMaryKate Font Pairings Live

In Context

NotMaryKate Typography

NotMaryKate

Character Set

Type Scale

NotMaryKate Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

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Inclusive Design

NotMaryKate: Accessibility Considerations

How Legible is NotMaryKate?

Readability Profile: NotMaryKate

NotMaryKate's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

NotMaryKate Accessibility Recommendations

NotMaryKate Usage Guidelines

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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