Author's note

Sponged, by Bob Conlon of Mortal Turtle Foundry/Einzig Design, is a free eroded display font with a wet, porous look that feels stamped, spattered, and partly dissolved. The letters carry heavy curves and soft, uneven edges, while clusters of holes and flecks make the whole font look like ink soaking through a sponge.

It fits posters, horror-comic titles, zine covers, band flyers, and Halloween packaging, where that blotched texture can do more work than ornament. As a free font, it also suits short headlines, title cards, and big initials that need a grimy, organic voice without slipping into straight grunge cliches.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copr.1994 Bob Conlon, Mortal Turtle Foundry/einzig design
Font family
Sponged
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Sponged
Full font name
Sponged
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 06.04.01
Postscript font name
Sponged

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2001-04-06
Revision1
Glyph count92
Units per Em1000
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