Author's note

All Hooked Up font by Starving-4 Entertainment is a free retro display font with a wonderfully offbeat twist. Its tall, narrow letters bend and curl with little “hooks” at the ends, giving the type a slightly wonky, hand-wrought feel-like old circus posters or early 2000s zine titles. The strokes feel inky and dense, so every word lands with a bold, almost theatrical presence.

Using All Hooked Up turns simple headlines into visual hooks: it shines on gig posters, zines, alt-movie titles, retro flyers, quirky brand wordmarks, and edgy social graphics. The tight rhythm and distinctive curves create a sense of movement, drawing the eye across a line of text. For balance, pair this free font with a clean geometric sans in smaller copy, and let AllHookedUp stay big and loud in your main titles.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
All Hooked Up © Starving-4 Entertainment. 2002. This font is licensed under the terms of the Design Science Licence: http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
Font family
All Hooked Up
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
All Hooked Up: Starving-4 Entertainment, (C) 2002
Full font name
AllHookedUp
Name table version
Version 1.0, May 19, 2002
Postscript font name
AllHookedUp
Trademark notice
All Hooked Up is a registered trademark of Starving-4 Entertainment.
Manufacturer name
Objets Dart
Designer
Description
A font I designed while solving cryptics by Henry Hook, hence the name.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2002-05-19
Revision1
Glyph count248
Units per Em2400
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced