Author's note

Ashes To Ashes by David Kerkhoff is a free eroded display font with the look of roughly painted lettering worn down by scraping and weather. Broad, uneven strokes form blunt silhouettes, broken by ragged gaps and dry-brush streaks. The damage varies from letter to letter, so the texture feels handmade rather than applied as a uniform filter.

Its chipped surfaces can echo distressed photography, torn-paper collage, or smoky concert artwork, making the font useful for album packaging, horror posters, and underground magazine covers. On streetwear merchandise, the letters can become part of the printed texture itself, reading like a battered stencil or a mark pulled from an old wall.

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New edition with improved kerning.
Ashes To Ashes — Font presentation

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2010 by David Kerkhoff. All rights reserved.
Font family
Ashes To Ashes
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
DavidKerkhoff: Ashes To Ashes: 2010
Full font name
Ashes To Ashes
Name table version
Version 1.003
Postscript font name
AshesToAshes
Trademark notice
Ashes To Ashes is a trademark of David Kerkhoff.
Manufacturer name
David Kerkhoff
Designer
David Kerkhoff
Description
Copyright (c) 2010 by David Kerkhoff. All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2010-10-09
Revision1
Glyph count222
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced