Typewriter Arba 9 is a regular weight, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height, monospaced font.
Keywords: typewriter effects, period design, posters, packaging, zines, retro, utilitarian, worn, analogue, no-nonsense, typewriter emulation, print texture, retro tone, document feel, slab serif, inked, rough edges, blunt terminals, mechanical.
A monospaced slab-serif design with sturdy, low-contrast strokes and a compact, typewriter-like rhythm. Letterforms are upright and evenly spaced, with blunt terminals and small bracketed/slab serifs that create a mechanical, stamped silhouette. The outlines show intentional irregularity—slight wobble, soft corners, and uneven inking—giving the characters a lightly distressed, printed texture while maintaining clear structure.
Well suited for typewriter-themed compositions, retro ephemera, and designs that benefit from an analogue printed feel—posters, book covers, labels, and zine-style layouts. It can also work for short editorial passages when a deliberately mechanical voice is desired.
The overall tone feels archival and utilitarian, like text produced on well-used office equipment or reproduced through carbon copy and photocopy. Its subtle wear adds a human, tactile quality that reads as vintage and documentary rather than polished or corporate.
The design appears intended to mimic monospaced typewriter output while adding a controlled, worn print texture to avoid a sterile digital look. It prioritizes consistent spacing and a steady baseline presence, using subtle distress to convey age, use, and physical production.
Counters stay open and the forms remain legible in continuous text, but the roughened edges and inky joins become more noticeable as size increases, where the texture turns into a defining stylistic feature. Numerals follow the same sturdy, slightly irregular construction for a consistent page color.