Author's note

Propaganda by Matthew Welch is a free Russian-inspired display font with a severe, industrial techno edge. Its broad, weighty capitals combine hard right angles, abrupt diagonal cuts, and stark geometric openings that interrupt the solid strokes. Several letters resemble compact pieces of engineered signage.

It is especially convincing on music posters, game title screens, and event branding, where the dense silhouette suggests machinery, concrete architecture, and state graphics from a stark retro-futurist regime. On merchandise and record packaging, the lettering can become part of the artwork itself, reading like a row of machine markings or monumental architectural symbols across an imagined factory wall.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright © 2006 by Matthew Welch. All Rights Reserved.
Font family
Propaganda
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Propaganda Regular
Full font name
Propaganda Regular:Version 1.00
Name table version
Version 1.00
Postscript font name
PropagandaRegular
Trademark notice
Propaganda™ Trademark of Matthew Welch

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2012-06-01
Glyph count64
Units per Em200
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightExtra-bold
WidthExtra-expanded
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced