ChineseWhisper Font

ChineseWhisper TrueTypePersonal use
ChineseWhisper.ttf

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Author's note

Chinese Whisper font by Rina Cheung is a free Asian dingbat typeface that turns each glyph into a tiny inked tile. Bold, blocky frames hold loose, brushy characters that feel like they were painted in a hurry on rice paper, complete with wobbling edges and inky pools. The contrast between the solid black squares and the lively strokes gives your layouts the feel of stamped seals scattered across a page.

Using Chinese Whisper, you can drop ready‑made calligraphic icons into restaurant menus, packaging, game interfaces, zines, event posters, and social media graphics. The handmade irregularity adds movement and personality, especially when you cluster several tiles as borders or accents. This free font works beautifully when paired with a clean sans serif set small beside the bolder tiles, letting the dingbats act as rhythmic, eye‑catching markers.

Character map

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
\251 1998 Phont Typographics/Public Art Creative Consultants Limited/Rina Cheung. Font designed by Rina Cheung for Phont Typographics, 40 Tavistock Street, London, WC2E 7PB. Email: pblicart@dircon.co.uk All rights reserved.
Font family
ChineseWhisper
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FONTLAB30:TTEXPORT
Full font name
ChineseWhisper
Name table version
001.000
Postscript font name
ChineseWhisper

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MacintoshRoman

Font details

Created1999-04-01
Revision1
Glyph count63
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchMonospaced