Author's note

Silkscreen Expanded, a free bitmap font, has the blunt charm of early screen graphics and arcade-era lettering. The letters are built from square pixels with wide, open shapes and stepped diagonals that give the font a crisp, unmistakably digital rhythm.

It works naturally on posters, zines, game menus, software-themed branding, and title cards where a free font with real bitmap texture feels more honest than a slick retro revival. Because the forms stay broad and simple, it also suits short headlines, section labels, and monograms that need a rigid grid and a little old-monitor attitude.

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Character map

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
send bread and water to jason@kottke.org
Font family
Silkscreen Expanded
Font subfamily
Normal
Unique subfamily identification
kott:Silkscreen Expanded
Full font name
Silkscreen Expanded
Name table version
1.0 Sat Aug 21 15:42:41 1999
Postscript font name
Silkscreen-Expanded

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count98
Units per Em1050
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
slkscre.ttf
slkscr.ttf
slkscreb.ttf
slkscrb.ttf