Author's note

Virus43 by Andreas Nylin is a free eroded digital display font with a glitchy, degraded screen feel straight out of early 2000s tech graphics. The letters look blocky and broken at the edges, as if a bitmap signal is dropping out, which gives the caps a rough, unstable rhythm rather than a clean geometric finish.

That makes this free font a natural fit for game menus, cyberpunk posters, zine covers, music flyers, and title cards where a hacked or corrupted mood helps carry the message. It works best in short bursts, especially for headlines, logos, and sharp one-word callouts, because the distressed pixel texture does most of the talking.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) Andreas Nylin, 2002. All rights reserved.
Font family
Virus43
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
AndreasNylin: Virus43: 2002
Full font name
Virus43
Name table version
Version 1.0; 2002
Postscript font name
Virus43
Designer
Andreas Nylin

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2002-10-21
Revision1
Glyph count167
Units per Em1200
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced