Distressed typewriter font

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Grungy Old Typewriter — Ink, dust, and honest mistakes.

6 stylesFrom $14

Type it in Grungy Old Typewriter

Real type rendering live — not a picture. Type your own words below.

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6 styles, full character set

Uppercase
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Lowercase
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Numerals & Punctuation
0123456789 & ? ! @ # $ % . , ; :
The styles
RegularHardpressed
FatHardpressed
GhostHardpressed
SmoothHardpressed
StarvedHardpressed
ItalicHardpressed

Ink, dust, and honest mistakes.

I built Grungy Old Typewriter from the real thing — a worn-out machine that never quite hit the paper clean. Clogged letters, broken edges, ink that landed where it wanted to. That's the kind of texture you can't fake with a filter.

It comes in six styles so you can dial in exactly how rough you want it. Smooth is lightly used. Regular and Fat carry the weight. Ghost is faded and under-inked, like the ribbon was on its last legs. Starved is barely hanging on. And there's an Italic for when you need a little lean.

I reach for it on posters, packaging, band merch, zines, a gritty pull-quote — anything that should look hand-stamped and a little bit dangerous.

Posters & flyersPackaging & labelsBand & event merchZines & editorialFilm & thriller titling

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