Author's note

Messaround by Diane DiPiazza is a free distorted display font whose wide, swelling silhouette makes the letters feel pushed, tilted, and slightly off balance. The exaggerated curves and sideways pull give whole words a smeared, elastic rhythm instead of a neat upright block.

That lopsided mass makes sense on album art, club flyers, skate graphics, oversized headlines, and poster titles where the lettering should feel unruly at a glance. Short branding pieces and event promos also benefit from its stretched, sloshy shapes, which turn even simple words into a graphic element rather than plain text.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
©1997 dincTYPE/diane dipiazza for girlswhowearglasses productions. All Rights Reserved. <www.girlswhowearglasses.com>
Font family
messaround
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.3 messaround
Full font name
messaround
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.3 8/13/97
Postscript font name
Messaround

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1997-08-13
Revision1
Glyph count232
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightBold
WidthExtra-expanded
Mac styleItalic
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced