10 Trashy Fonts for Your Grunge Collection
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Hey all you grunge font lovers, I’ve got another collection here for you to add to your collection.
If you looking to design a website or blog that uses textures and fonts like Site Sketch 101 then this collection of fonts is the perfect way to get going on it.
Over at Spyre Studios, Jon Phillips posted a great collection of 32 Trashy and Distorted Fonts. In this post you’ll find 10 of these amazing grunge fonts. To view all 32 just check them out at Spyre Studios: 32 Trashy and Distorted Fonts For Your Next Grungy Design.
Simply click on any one of the fonts below to be taken to a page where you can download the fonts and install them to your computer to be used in Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop or any other program of your choosing. Have fun and happy blogging.
Nicholas Cardot
Nick uses his blog Site Sketch 101 to express his passion for helping bloggers and webmasters connect with real people through brilliant designs, unique content, and genuine creativity. Nicholas Cardot has 200 post(s) at Site Sketch 101
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Eric B. said:
I will be sure to put these fonts to good use. My favourite one is Splinter 2.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Eric B. –> Great! These should be great for design work!
Joe Cassada said:
My vote is for Dirty English. Good finds, Nicholas.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Joe Cassada –> Thank, Joe. I hope that you’re able to make good use of some of them.
Arisu said:
Amazing fonts!! Thanks for the share
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Arisu –> You’re welcome, Arisu. Any time.
Satkrit said:
Love the hawaii killer! Great finds
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Satkrit –> Great & thanks!
Reza Winandar said:
I’m very thanks to you! This will make my blogs looks better!
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Reza Winandar –> Good. That’s always my goal — to help you build your blog into a beautiful, thriving website.
Typhoon said:
The fonts are looking awesome except the “jo-wrote-a-lovesong” and “Ginga” font..Not looking that great and doesn’t satisfies enough.
The “FAIL” font is best amongst all.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Good. I’m glad that you found something you liked in the mix!
akira07 said:
Jo-wrote-love-song and ginga font is make our eyes hurt for sure if we see it for a long time.
But i think Jo-wrote-love-song and ginga font can looks good if we use it in appropriate place. The same things can happen for other font also.
I mean, good font can be bad if we use it without considering many aspect such :
- blog topic
- blog background colour
- the font colour
gautam hans said:
Hawaii killer looks cool. I like grunge layouts. they look cooler than others. thanx for the share nicholas. stumbled.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
I’m glad you like it. You’re welcome. And thank you for stumbling it!
Ruchi said:
These are awesome..thanks for sharing.I am surely use this on my blog.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ruchi –> Great. I’m that that you’ll be able to make use of them.
Ron Boracay said:
Hawaii Lover and Hawaii Killer is killer design fonts. Simply love it.
May I request sir? If you can find some fonts used by big companies such as Coke fonts or alike?
Is that legal to be distributed and use by public?
Thanks.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ron Boracay –> That’s actually a really good idea. I’ve seen some other posts that cover that subject so I will dig around and find some and post them for everyone. That’s an awesome idea.
Ron Boracay said:
Thanks, I am looking forward for that collection. I hope that it will be legal (not copyrighted by the company themselves) to be use by public.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ron Boracay –> I won’t post anything illegal or unethical. You can rest assured that the ones that I post will be free to use.
Ron Boracay said:
Thanks Nicholas,
I don’t want my past experience to hunt me again (some not so big company emailed me with some legal thing regarding their copyrighted material).
PS: Don’t get me wrong with my comments and ideas here at your blog Nick, just trying to contribute and express my own thoughts.
Thanks again!
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ron Boracay –> Ah. I understand. I try to be pretty careful about copyright issues. You can be sure that anything that I post here will be safe.
Ron Boracay said:
Glad to hear that. Will wait for more future post/downloadables of yours here.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ron Boracay –> I’ll definitely bump this up on my priority list and try to get one out in the next week or two.
Ron Boracay said:
Thanks so much. I know, your audience/visitors will love that thing also. Those fonts are great collections.
Arisu said:
Ron Boracay>>
Sometimes they make their own font for logo and stuff. But most of the time the designer just makes little changes to some comercial font to get the logo.
Yahoo font is around and has no legal issues if you like it
Ron Boracay said:
Yeah, I have seen those Yahoo and google fonts floating around the web, but, I love to collect those great brand logos like walt disney, coca cola and etc.
Seth W said:
I have never really been a fan of the grunge style, I guess because I would never have a blog or anything for that matter in the grunge category. I think they are pretty creative fonts, but grunge is just not my thing!
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Seth W –> I understand that and most grunge sites that I see, I don’t like either. But I have seen a few that I really like.
Ana said:
Great set of looking fonts there, Nicholas. If I captured this 5-10 years ago, I would have been really into them. I used to love creating graphics, and signatures and was mesmorised by any grunge effect font.
I am sure they are going to be of use, to many.
Thank you
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ana –> I guess I’m just a few years too late for you. I’m sorry about that.
Ana said:
Hey Nicholas,
That’s not a worry. Time is never an issue where appreciation and fondness is concerned.
I love your grunge fonts as they are, and I know someone who is into that creativity at the moment, will benefit a great deal from them.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ana –> Thanks. I appreciate it.
ZXT said:
They are not thrashy…they’re cool! But there’s a small niche for them so I guess people don’t get to use them a lot.
akira07 said:
Especially for a formal topic blog/site such politic or finance, they’ll surely not using the font, right?
Arisu said:
ZXT>>
It´s just a matter of balance – a completely grungy site may be hard to the eyes, but a grungy logo on a smooth, clean theme can be very beautiful.
And I use sketeched fonts for signs and post cards at the office, for internal stuff
Even if we are in a major business firm, doesn´t mean we must be bored; and that´s my statement with my design for internal communication.
akira07 said:
Hmm after i think, you’re opinion is not wrong at all. This era is a time for us to stop using usual font such Times New Roman or Arial
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Arisu said:
Akira>>
Please don´t! There are many nice fonts to use only Arial or Times -I do use Arial, but not for everything XD -
Just please don´t go anywhere near Comic Sans!
akira07 said:
Why? I love Comic Sans MS. I use it when i’m chatting via Yahoo Messenger.
Arisu said:
Akira>>
Well, Comic Sans it´s the most hated font by designers ^^ It´s just used everywhere and by everyone and it´s not that pretty. There´s even a campain to ban it – t-shirts and all that stuff involved -
But if you really love it… what can I do?
akira07 said:
Haha i just know there is a controversy about comic sans font. Can you give me more detail of this matter (maybe site url).
Ah but for me the usage of font is not a big matter. Sometime people don’t care about the font. For example, i read this blog but i don’t care about the font. Since the font is clean and simple, it’s OK.
Arisu said:
In order to built a reputation or image for your website or blog fonts are very important. But it doesn´t matter if you use Arial or Times for the text – logos are another issue.
And this is the site for the ban comic sans movement:
http://bancomicsans.com/home.html
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Arisu –> I think that the fonts on this site have elements of grunge in them.
Arisu said:
Nick>> You could say so, but they´re really nice
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Arisu –> I’m probably wrong on this, but when I think of grunge, I think of texture. I think this site has a few elements of grunge texture but with the light tans it evens things out to create a warm environment. That’s my hope anyway.
Arisu said:
Nick>>
Definitely, you´ve made a great work designing sitesketch, the information is well organized and you can easily get whatever you´re looking for; the colors are easy on the eyes and you can look at it for hours if you want to and the textures and forms give a fun, cosy feeling to it but it also looks up-to-date.
akira07 said:
The font used to write “FAIL” is great. It’s so simple and looks like made by pencil.
Thanks for sharing the info…!!!
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
akira07 –> You’re welcome and I’m glad that you enjoyed them.
olis said:
Great article, thx
Also some nice free grunge fonts http://www.fonts2u.com/category.html?id=42
Nicholas Cardot said:
olis » I’m glad that you liked them.