Author's note

Old Typewriter Simplified, a free old-typewriter display font by Jason Mark, leans hard into battered ribbon texture and uneven, ink-heavy letters. The alphabet looks worn and slightly lopsided, with blunt slab-like forms, soft wobble at the edges, and the kind of rough pressure shifts that suggest a misbehaving machine rather than clean digital precision.

That makes this free font a natural fit for vintage poster work, pulp-style book covers, zine mastheads, mystery title cards, and bar or café branding that wants a dusty, analog note. Use it where a few words can do the work-headlines, cover lines, or monograms-because the chunky, irregular caps carry a strong antique mood fast.

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Old Typewriter Simplified font character map

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Old Typewriter Simplified font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Old Typewriter Simplified font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
©1996 Jason Mark jmark@cs.umass.edu 116 chestnut st Branford, CT 06405 USA
Font family
Old Typewriter
Font subfamily
Simplified
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 Old Typewriter Simplified
Full font name
Old Typewriter Simplified
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 4/12/96
Postscript font name
OldTypewriterSimplified

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count105
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchMonospaced
Complete pack contains 3 font weights listed below:
oldts.ttf
oldtsk.ttf
oldtm.ttf