Author's note

Teleprinter Bold, by Mark Zanzig, is a free distressed display font with a battered ink-stamp feel. The letters look chunky and old-machine printed, with rough chewed edges, soft drips, and heavy serif shapes that make the whole font feel worn rather than precise.

That gritty texture suits poster titles, zine covers, horror flyers, game title cards, and short band or film logotypes where the letters need a blotchy, low-tech bite. As a free font, it also works well for pull quotes, chapter openers, and compact headlines that benefit from its smeared telegraph-and-typewriter mood.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
v1.00 Copyright (C) 1995 by Mark Zanzig.
Font family
Teleprinter
Font subfamily
Bold
Unique subfamily identification
Alts:Teleprinter Bold
Full font name
Teleprinter Bold
Name table version
1.0 Fri Jun 30 11:26:19 1995
Postscript font name
Teleprinter-Bold

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count112
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthSemi-expanded
Width typeNormal
Mac styleItalic
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:
TELE_B.TTF
telebi.ttf
telei.ttf
TELE.TTF