Author's note

Steamer is a free stencil display font with a loud wood-type spirit. The caps are broad and theatrical, with sharp cutaway gaps and hefty serifs that give the letters a stamped, poster-ready rhythm rather than a neat military drill.

It fits best where a headline needs grit and spectacle - on packaging, event posters, pub signs, album covers, and title cards that want an old industrial fairground note. As a free font, it also works well for short cover lines, drop caps, and monograms, because those carved breaks and blocky silhouettes keep even a few letters feeling full of character.

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Basic font information

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Generated by Fontographer 3.5
Font family
Steamer
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 3.5 Steamer Regular
Full font name
Steamer Regular
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 3.5 5/27/92
Postscript font name
Steamer Regular

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1992-05-27
Revision1
Glyph count247
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightExtra-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced