Typewriter Lena 3 is a bold, wide, low contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: headlines, posters, packaging, labels, album art, retro, gritty, playful, handmade, industrial, vintage texture, printed wear, mechanical feel, display impact, worn, inked, blunt, chunky, softened.
A heavy, monoline slab-serif design with chunky stems, broad shoulders, and rounded, blunted terminals that feel stamped rather than drawn with a pen. The outlines show deliberate irregularity—slight waviness, nicks, and uneven edges—creating a worn imprint effect across both uppercase and lowercase. Counters are relatively open for the weight, and the serifs are short and blocky, contributing to a compact, mechanical rhythm. Numerals match the letterforms with sturdy shapes and the same distressed contouring, maintaining consistent color and texture across the set.
Best suited for display applications where the distressed, stamped texture is a feature—posters, headlines, packaging, labels, and branding that wants a retro industrial or DIY feel. It can work for short bursts of copy or pull quotes, but the intentionally rough edges are likely to feel heavy in long-form reading at small sizes.
The overall tone is vintage and tactile, like an old ribbon typewriter or rubber-stamp lettering with a well-used, ink-saturated bite. Its roughened edges add character and approachability, balancing utilitarian mechanics with a slightly mischievous, poster-like energy.
The font appears designed to evoke mechanical typing and analog printing artifacts, prioritizing strong, even letter color and a deliberately imperfect imprint. Its goal is to deliver instant period flavor and texture without sacrificing the straightforward structure of a classic slab type style.
The consistent texture and softened corners help large blocks of text read as a cohesive “printed” surface, while the irregular edges introduce visible noise that becomes more pronounced at smaller sizes. The design favors bold silhouettes and clear word shapes over fine detail.