Modern Grotesque Body
Old Typewriter + Mansory
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Old Typewriter headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Typewriter slab
Old Typewriter
Old Typewriter is a typewriter slab in dark ink on a kraft sheet: light uniform strokes, blunt slab serifs, a fixed advance and slightly uneven impressions, set as one line with a smaller line beneath and a dated note under that, with the carriage and the ribbon visible above and below.
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Get this fontProject & layout blueprintsAt-a-glance maker compatibility
Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Fine grain and micro-texture excel in 300 DPI print, sublimation, and screen print rather than small vinyl weeding.
Plotter & output verdictPrint, DTF & Sublimation First
Recommended minimum scalePrint any scale · Vinyl 2.2 in+
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaBrand Packaging · Social Graphics · Vinyl Decals
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Old Typewriter.
The plate stages the face on paper in a machine, which is the right context for a monospaced slab: the letters advance by a fixed width, and the paper and the ribbon explain the slightly uneven impression without a distress filter. The drawing is a classic typewriter face — blunt serifs, uniform stroke, a large x-height — which keeps a long line readable and makes the face useful for forms, letters and captions. The plate keeps the composition simple: one display line, one subline and a short dated note, all in the same face at three sizes, which is the honest way to show a family that ships in a single cut. The palette is one ink on kraft, and the machine parts frame the sheet.
Typewriter, vintage, editorial, classic
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Old Typewriter with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Old Typewriter + Hello Honey
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Old Typewriter’s stroke geometry.
Letterhead for a small studio
A typewriter face reads as considered rather than corporate, and the fixed advance gives a letterhead a grid that holds a long address without manual alignment.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A4 letterhead: the studio at 11 pt in caps, the address at 8.5 pt, and the body at 10 pt. Keep 20 mm margins, print one ink on an uncoated sheet, and align the address to the character grid.
Pre-production check
Check the 8.5 pt address on uncoated stock, where a blunt serif can fill; keep it at or above 8 pt. Confirm the body reads at arm's length and that the address stays aligned after copying.
Label for a small archive
A typewriter label reads as an archival record, and the monospace grid makes a reference number look catalogued rather than designed.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 70 by 40 mm label: the reference at 8 pt, the contents at 7 pt, and the date at 6 pt. Keep 3 mm inside the die and print one ink on a kraft stock.
Pre-production check
Check the 6 pt date on kraft, where a slab serif can fill; keep the smallest line at 7 pt. Confirm the label reads at arm's length and survives a damp wipe.
Invitation for a simple wedding
A typewriter face gives a simple invitation a plain, honest tone, and the fixed advance keeps a two-column card aligned without guides.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
A5 invitation: the names at 18 pt, the request at 9.5 pt with 15 pt leading, and the date at 8 pt. Keep 22 mm margins and print one ink on a cream card.
Pre-production check
Check the 9.5 pt request at arm's length, where a uniform stroke can look grey; deepen the ink. Confirm the names read across the table and that the date clears the trim by 10 mm.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Slab Serif · Typewriter slab
- Foundry / creator
- OWPictures
Creator topic tags (16)
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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