DirtyDeco
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Dirtdeco.ttf
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Dirty Deco font by Roland Frantz is a free distorted display typeface that drips with grunge and decay. Tall, spindly letterforms are scratched, chipped, and splattered, as if pulled from a crumbling theater poster or a rain-soaked flyer left on a brick wall. The texture feels almost inky and corroded at the same time, giving every word an uneasy, cinematic tension.
Using Dirty Deco, you can instantly push artwork into eerie, distressed territory—great for horror movie titles, haunted house posters, album covers, escape room branding, zines, and gritty event flyers. This free font shines at large sizes where the specks, cracks, and splatters stay visible. Pair it with a clean, understated sans serif for body copy to keep everything legible while Dirty Deco handles the drama.
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Using Dirty Deco, you can instantly push artwork into eerie, distressed territory—great for horror movie titles, haunted house posters, album covers, escape room branding, zines, and gritty event flyers. This free font shines at large sizes where the specks, cracks, and splatters stay visible. Pair it with a clean, understated sans serif for body copy to keep everything legible while Dirty Deco handles the drama.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
by Roland Frantz, Synergistic Designs
Font family
DirtyDeco
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
DirtyDeco
Full font name
DirtyDeco
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 9/11/98
Postscript font name
DirtyDeco
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MacintoshRoman
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
Font details
Created1998-09-11
Glyph count90
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightLight
WidthUltra-condensed
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PostureUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI