Telegraphic Font

Telegraphic family consisting of 8 fonts
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Author's note

Telegraphic, created by ShyWedge in 1999, is a free digital display font with a blunt dot-matrix voice that feels borrowed from ticker boards and early LED signage. The letters are built from evenly spaced round dots, so curves turn blocky and mechanical while still keeping a playful, lo-fi rhythm.

It fits naturally in retro tech posters, arcade flyers, zine covers, title cards, and short logo work where that gridded signal look does the talking. As a free font, it also suits interface-inspired headlines and brief captions that need a broadcast feel without drifting into sleek futurism.

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Telegraphic font character map

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Telegraphic font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Telegraphic font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Created by ShyWedge, 1999. (http://welcome.to/ShyFonts)
Font family
Telegraphic
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
ShyFonts Telegraphic
Full font name
Telegraphic
Name table version
1.0
Postscript font name
Telegraphic

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-04-25
Revision1
Glyph count101
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthSemi-expanded
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 8 font weights listed below:
teleg.ttf
telegbi.ttf
teleglbi.ttf
teleglb.ttf
telegli.ttf
telegb.ttf
telegi.ttf
telegl.ttf
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