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.
\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
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1999-04-01
Revision1
Glyph count64
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation