Author's note

10 Cent Soviet Bold font by Nate Piekos of Blambot is a free Russian-style decorative typeface with the punch of hand-painted propaganda posters and vintage comics. Its heavy strokes, forward-leaning angle, and slightly wobbly brush texture feel like they were dashed onto a cardboard sign with thick black paint. The letters pack tightly together, creating a dense, urgent rhythm that instantly suggests noise, motion, and a bit of mischief.

Using 10 Cent Soviet Bold, this free font shines on comic covers, zines, protest graphics, retro game titles, satirical political art, and bold event posters. It’s loud enough to command attention in big, short headlines but still readable when pulled back a bit for subheads or logos. For longer supporting copy, pair it with a simple, neutral sans serif to keep the main message-those chunky, slanted words-front and center.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c) 2003 Nate Piekos. www.blambot.com
Font family
10 Cent Soviet
Font subfamily
Bold
Unique subfamily identification
10 Cent Comics
Full font name
10 Cent Soviet Bold
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 2/26/03
Postscript font name
10CentSovietBold

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-01-28
Glyph count116
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleItalic
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureItalic
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBold
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
10CESB__.TTF
10CESRG_.TTF