HouseholdWords
TrueTypePersonal use
HouseholdWords.ttf
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Author's note
Household Words is a free eroded display font with the blunt authority of old inked wood type. Its letters look heavily printed and slightly battered, with ragged edges, chipped curves, and thick slab-like forms that give the alphabet a newspaper-era, hand-pressed mood rather than a slick digital finish.
That gritty texture suits poster headlines, book covers, pub signs, editorial title cards, and packaging where a free font can carry some historical weight without feeling precious. Use it when you want short lines and names to feel stamped, weathered, and a little loud, especially in designs that borrow from Victorian printing and rough letterpress ephemera.
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Household Words font is a revival of a defunct, obsolete 1800s font made by Gary Stephens.
This PARTIAL-DEMO font is free for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
FULL VERSION can be found here:
https://householdwordsfont.carrd.co/
Other fonts:
https://arcanefonts.carrd.co/
Support — PayPal donation:
https://paypal.me/gstephens369
Questions — Gary Stephens:
arcanefonts@protonmail.com
That gritty texture suits poster headlines, book covers, pub signs, editorial title cards, and packaging where a free font can carry some historical weight without feeling precious. Use it when you want short lines and names to feel stamped, weathered, and a little loud, especially in designs that borrow from Victorian printing and rough letterpress ephemera.
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Household Words font is a revival of a defunct, obsolete 1800s font made by Gary Stephens.
This PARTIAL-DEMO font is free for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
FULL VERSION can be found here:
https://householdwordsfont.carrd.co/
Other fonts:
https://arcanefonts.carrd.co/
Support — PayPal donation:
https://paypal.me/gstephens369
Questions — Gary Stephens:
arcanefonts@protonmail.com
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Basic font information
Font family
HouseholdWords
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
HouseholdWords Regular : 29-03-2026
Full font name
HouseholdWords
Name table version
Version 001.028
Postscript font name
HouseholdWords
Manufacturer name
Arcane Fonts
Designer
Gary Stephens
Description
Household Words font
Preferred subfamily
Regular
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2026-03-29
Revision1
Glyph count102
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced