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Distressed: Weathered Wood Type

Noah Nazir
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Last edited September 11, 2018
ITC Handel Gothic

It’s often best to apply your own effects to make type appear authentically aged, but sometimes a distressed typeface is the easiest and most prudent solution. Here are fonts based on wood type that is damaged, weathered, antiqued, worn, or corroded by many years in the letterpress shop.

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See also Wood Type and Wild West Fonts.

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The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
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