Author's note

Dancing Donuts by Nick Curtis is a free retro caps display font with a chunky 1970s sign-shop attitude. The letters are broad, blocky, and softly rounded, then pushed further by a heavy offset shadow that gives the whole font a bouncy, stacked look rather than a hard geometric one.

It fits posters, diner-style branding, album sleeves, party flyers, and title cards where you want that cheerful throwback weight. As a free font, it also suits short headlines, logo sketches, and monograms, because the thick shapes and big shadow do most of the styling before you add anything else.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 Nick Curtis. All Rights Distributed under non-exclusive license by 1001 Free Fonts.
Font family
Dancing Donuts NF
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Nick'sFonts: Dancing Donuts NF: 2006
Full font name
Dancing Donuts NF
Name table version
Version 1.002
Postscript font name
DancingDonutsNF
Manufacturer name
Nick's Fonts
Designer

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2006-11-12
Revision1
Glyph count220
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthSemi-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced