Typewriter Abfu 13 is a bold, wide, medium contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
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A heavy, monolinear slab-serif design with typewriter-like proportions and a steady, cell-by-cell rhythm. Strokes are robust and fairly even, while the outlines show deliberate roughness—worn corners, uneven inking, and occasional interior nicks that create a blotty texture. Serifs are chunky and bracketed, terminals are blunt, and counters stay open enough to remain legible despite the distressed edges. Figures and letters share consistent width and spacing behavior, reinforcing a mechanical, set-width feel.
Best suited to display settings where the rough, inked texture can be appreciated—posters, headlines, book or zine covers, packaging, and branding accents that want a stamped or retro-mechanical feel. It can also work for short editorial callouts or captions when a tactile, typewritten tone is desired, especially with generous leading.
The font reads as analog and workmanlike, with a lived-in, imperfect print texture. It evokes archival documents, stamped labels, and well-used machines—practical rather than polished, with a slightly gritty, underground energy.
Likely designed to capture the steady cadence of a typewriter while adding a pronounced worn-print aesthetic. The goal appears to be dependable readability with an intentionally imperfect surface that suggests age, repetition, and physical printing artifacts.
The distressing appears integrated into the letterforms rather than applied as random noise, giving repeats a consistent “worn metal/ink spread” character. At larger sizes the texture becomes a defining feature; at smaller sizes the rough edges can visually thicken joins and tighten counters.