Author's note

Confused Root by Patrick Durr is a free distorted display font with rough, swollen letterforms and an uneasy handmade silhouette. Heavy black shapes buckle, pinch, and lean at different angles. Fine diagonal cuts cross the lettering like scratches, adding a damaged quality to the already irregular forms.

Designers working in experimental music, underground publishing, or horror entertainment will find its abrasive texture useful for posters, album artwork, and magazine covers. The warped outlines can make lettering feel like part of a torn or corrupted image, which also suits game graphics and merchandise built around unsettling organic imagery.

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Confused Root font character map

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
©1998 Patrick Durr
Font family
Confused Root
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
PatrickDurr: Confused Root: 1998
Full font name
Confused Root
Name table version
1998; 1.0, initial release
Postscript font name
ConfusedRoot

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-05-04
Revision1
Glyph count99
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced