Author's note

Dspl font by Andreas Nylin taps into that satisfying early-digital look, where letters are snapped from chunky hex-like tiles and the counters stay airy and geometric. It is a free digital display font, and the typeface reads like an LED panel filtered through a honeycomb grid-crisp, mechanical, and unapologetically retro-tech.

Using Dspl, you’ll get instant attitude on sci‑fi UI screens, game HUD overlays, tech posters, synthwave album art, robotics branding, event flyers, and scoreboard-style graphics. Keep it slightly oversized so the modular rhythm stays clean, then pair it with a plain neo-grotesk sans for body copy to let this free font do the talking.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) Andreas Nylin, 2002. All rights reserved.
Font family
Dspl
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
dustBUST Dspl
Full font name
Dspl
Name table version
Version 1.0; 2002
Postscript font name
Dspl
Designer
Andreas Nylin

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2002-04-30
Revision1
Glyph count106
Units per Em600
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthExpanded
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced