Heckle is a family of display fonts that began as a tiny sketch of the word “Heh” on a scrap of paper back in 2005—a heavy brush script style with a 1940s/1950s feel. It wasn’t based on any particular source or model, but purely from the memory of such styles.
After doing a draft of the upper- and lowercase in 2017 Mark committed to developing it in October 2025, in addition to the weight range. In contrast to the initial sketch, it uses sharp corners on the insides of curves, giving it a crisp, energetic appearance. It features an alternate lowercase “e,” contextual alternates for all-caps settings, automatic fractions, and a set of dingbats.
Heckle is well suited for branding, packaging, logos, editorial design, movie and book titles—any kind of display use where a smart, vintage style is called for.
Designed by Mark Simonson. Heckle is a font family from Mark Simonson Studio—a member of The Type Founders collection. For additional license options like app, enterprise, multi-user, and self-hosted web, visit Mark Simonson Studio.
Mark Simonson Studio is home to a range of typefaces that are as thoughtful and unique as their namesake, Mark Simonson. Each distinctive family of fonts is created as a tool for making things, not ends in themselves. For graphic designers and typographers, this means that each detail included was well-considered and will help your work look its very best. Whether display or text, sans, serif, or script, there is a perfectly suitable typeface that will fulfill every need in your design brief.
Mark Simonson Studio is a member of The Type Founders collection.
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Design Projects
Create images or vector artwork, including logos
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PDFs
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How to Use
You may encounter slight variations in the name of this font, depending on where you use it. Here’s what to look for.
Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
{{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_family_name}} {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_subfamily_name}}Web
To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-variation-settings: {{familyCtrl.getFontVariationSettingsCSS()}};
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
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