Author's note

Sideways Glitch is a free glitch bitmap font with chopped, side-slipping letters that feel pulled apart across a pixel grid. Its look comes from thick square blocks, abrupt gaps, and staggered horizontal breaks, giving the font a noisy digital pulse instead of a clean arcade neatness.

That makes it a natural fit for game jam branding, cyberpunk posters, streaming overlays, album art, and zine covers where a scrambled screen mood matters more than polish. As a free font, it also suits short title cards, cover lines, and logo experiments, since the broken sideways movement keeps even a few letters feeling active and unstable.

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This font is the first font that I've ever submitted.

This font is free.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
tTv49GMd
Font family
SidewaysGlitch
Font subfamily
Medium
Unique subfamily identification
tTv49GMd:SidewaysGlitch
Full font name
SidewaysGlitch
Name table version
Version 001.000
Postscript font name
SidewaysGlitch

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2022-06-17
Revision1
Glyph count41
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthCondensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced