Heckle

From Mark Simonson Studio

Heckle (2026) 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 I committed to developing it in October 2025, expanding it to six weights, from Light to Black. 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

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Language Support

  • Catalan
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Fula
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Latvian
  • Malay
  • Maltese
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
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All Styles
Font Size

Heckle Variable

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heckle Light

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heckle Regular

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heckle Semi Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heckle Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heckle Extra Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heckle Black

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Character Map
latin capital letter a U+0041
A

Uppercase Letter Latin

Uppercase Letter Greek

Lowercase Letter Latin

Lowercase Letter

Lowercase Letter Greek

Modifier Letter

Other Letter Latin

Nonspacing Mark Inherited

Decimal Number

Other Number

Connector Punctuation

Dash Punctuation

Close Punctuation

Final Punctuation

Initial Punctuation

Other Punctuation

Open Punctuation

Currency Symbol

Modifier Symbol

Math Symbol

Other Symbol

Ligatures

Contextual Alternates

Stylistic Set 1

Fractions

Ordinals

Scientific Inferiors

Superscript

Subscript

Numerators

Denominators

Glyph Composition

Additional Licensing

Your Typographer subscription covers prototyping, pitches, and web usage up to 15,000 monthly page views. You can add licensing if you or your client need to expand the scope of your usage. Like any software, fonts are licensed for specific uses. All our licenses allow commercial use, but the right one depends on how you plan to use the fonts.

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  • Embed fonts directly in a mobile app. Licensing is based on the number of app titles and covers distribution across platforms like iOS and Android, for apps with up to 25,000 monthly active users.

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Packages Buy multiple styles and save

    Heckle Family

    6 styles, 1 variable font included for FREE!

    From $131.99
    $179.94 Save 27%
    • Aa
      Light
    • Aa
      Regular
    • Aa
      Semi Bold
    • Aa
      Bold
    • Aa
      Extra Bold
    • Aa
      Black

Individual styles

Select individual styles starting at $29.99 per style

  • Heckle Light

    $29.99

  • Heckle Regular

    $29.99

  • Heckle Semi Bold

    $29.99

  • Heckle Bold

    $29.99

  • Heckle Extra Bold

    $29.99

  • Heckle Black

    $29.99

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Like any software, fonts are licensed for specific uses. All of our licenses allow commercial use — the right one simply depends on how you plan to use the fonts.

License Terms Return Policy

  • Host fonts on your website and display live text using HTML and @font-face CSS. Pricing is based on your monthly pageviews.

    Web License Terms

    For how many page views?

  • Embed fonts directly in a mobile app. Licensing is based on the number of app titles and covers distribution across platforms like iOS and Android, for apps with up to 25,000 monthly active users.

    App License Terms

    For how many apps?

  • Install fonts on your computer to create static assets like logos, social media images, presentations, and print materials. Each person who installs the font needs a license. Embedding in apps, automated systems, or hosting on a website requires a different license.

    Desktop License Terms

    For how many users?

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