Author's note

Geeker Thin font by Meir Sadan is a free comic display typeface that dials down the chaos and keeps the character. Its wiry, slightly wobbly strokes feel hand-drawn and human, but the letters stay upright and orderly, so lines read cleanly even at smaller sizes. It’s the kind of friendly, geeky handwriting you’d see in a neat notebook-casual, but surprisingly tidy and legible on screen.

Using Geeker Thin, you get comic-style warmth without the usual childish exaggeration, which works beautifully for webcomics, coding tutorials, playful UI labels, zines, stickers, and nerdy event posters. The generous spacing and slim weight keep dense text from feeling cramped, especially in speech bubbles or side notes. For a simple pairing tip, set Geeker Thin for headlines and captions, and use a neutral sans like Helvetica or Arial for body copy to keep the overall layout grounded.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (C) 1998 Meir Sadan <meir@sadan.com>
Font family
Geeker
Font subfamily
Thin
Unique subfamily identification
Meir Sadan Geeker Thin
Full font name
Geeker Thin
Name table version
Version 2.00
Postscript font name
GeekerThin
Trademark notice
All Rights Reserved!
Manufacturer name
Meir Sadan
Designer
Description
This font is an English version of the "Yoav" font, which you can view on my hebrew site. It's one of my best fonts and it's definately my favorite. I like it because it really has a constant shape and feel. I still don't like the hand-drawn motif, though. I'd like to create a typeface sometime that doesn't look like it's been drawn. This would probably involve *not* drawing it by hand, but I'll get to that sometime in the near future, I think.

Am I a geek? I think so. After all - I *am* a computer major in high-school, I wear glasses and I like doing things on the Internet and stuff like that. I bet all of the above is sufficiant to make me a qualified geek times seven. I hope you like the font, though.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2004-03-09
Revision2
Glyph count661
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
GEEKT___.TTF
GEEKRG__.TTF
GEEKB___.TTF
GEEKBL__.TTF