Author's note

Scrawled Mess by Ben Coward is a free trash-style script font with the raw look of hurried marks cut into a surface. Its letters break into jagged strokes, splinters, and stray scratches, shifting abruptly between dense areas and hairline fragments. The uneven forms look agitated and deliberately damaged.

It can turn a title into part of the artwork, especially for punk posters, horror game graphics, and abrasive music merchandise. In magazine spreads or album packaging, the fractured lettering can echo torn paper, scratched photography, and distressed collage, suiting editorial themes of disorder or unease.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Typeface © Ben Coward. 2006. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Scrawled Mess
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Scrawled Mess:Version 1.00
Full font name
Scrawled Mess
Name table version
Version 1.00 May 16, 2006, initial release
Postscript font name
ScrawledMess
Designer
Ben Coward
Description
This font was created using Font Creator 5.0 from High-Logic.com

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2006-05-16
Revision1
Glyph count654
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classScripts
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced