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32 Trashy And Distorted Fonts For Your Next Grungy Design

Over the past couple month/years we’ve seen grungy-looking websites and designs popping all over the place (I much prefer that over the glossy web 2.0 look). Of course using patterns and textured backgrounds can help give a website a dirty and grungy feel, but let’s not forget about typography. While most of the fonts on this list can’t really be used for website copy and articles, they can certainly be used for logos and headings or other types of graphics.

Let us know which ones you like best in the comment section! :)

Hawaii Lover ↓

Hawaii Lover

Hawaii Killer ↓

Hawaii Killer

Jamaistevie ↓

Jamaistevie

Ginga ↓

Ginga

Dirty English ↓

Dirty English

Jo Wrote A Lovesong ↓

Jo Wrote A Lovesong

Fail ↓

Fail

Agressive Angry Baby Killer ↓

Agressive Angry Baby Killer

El Font Brush ↓

El Font Brush

Dark Flame ↓

Dark Flame

Bruised ↓

Bruised

Grunge ↓

Grunge

Pulse Sans Virgin ↓

Pulse Sans Virgin

Docteur Atomic ↓

Docteur Atomic

Phorssa ↓

Phorssa

Fluoxetine ↓

Fluoxetine

Staubiges Vergnügen ↓

Staubiges Vergnügen

Insert Your Name Here ↓

Insert Your Name Here

Horros ↓

Horros

Broken Record ↓

Broken Record

Trashco ↓

Trashco

A Bite ↓

A Bite

Ascent 2 Stardom ↓

Ascent 2 Stardom

Defused ↓

Defused

Cocaine Sans ↓

Cocaine Sans

Screamo ↓

Screamo

Dead Secretary ↓

Dead Secretary

Jellyka Evan & Estrya ↓

Jellyka Evan & Estrya

Got Heroin? ↓

Got Heroin

Chic Decay ↓

Chic Decay

Splinter 2 ↓

Splinter 2

Cocaine Nosejob ↓

Cocaine Nosejob

Your Turn To Talk

I hope you liked this post! Please feel free to share you favorite trashy and grungy typefaces with the rest of us!

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  • User Gravatar Audrey Ross
    August 22nd, 2009

    Great! And thank you so much for making the fonts available.

    I’m loving them.

    Audrey

  • User Gravatar Jose Cuadra
    August 22nd, 2009

    Very nice collection. Thanks!

  • User Gravatar monica
    August 22nd, 2009

    A bite

  • User Gravatar Sandy
    August 22nd, 2009

    Love love love love them. Thanks so much!

  • User Gravatar SAT
    August 23rd, 2009

    Thanks, i didn’t know them !

  • User Gravatar jamie
    August 23rd, 2009

    Some of these are ok, but id rather take a regular font and rough it up, that way you dont have letters that look the same like two T’s or two E’s that look exactly the same.

  • User Gravatar Deb
    August 23rd, 2009

    Great list! Thanks for compiling it! One of my favorite grunge fonts is Cold Coffee by Fontorama.

  • User Gravatar Got80s
    August 23rd, 2009

    The A Bite image links to the Hawaii Font.

  • User Gravatar Afrogirl22
    August 23rd, 2009

    Thanks for sharing such a nice collection!! I love them all.

  • User Gravatar M!A
    August 23rd, 2009

    Bruised is amazing!

  • User Gravatar Alyssapants
    August 23rd, 2009

    These fonts are fantastic! Well done.

  • User Gravatar Amanda
    August 23rd, 2009

    you guys should have included Tibetan BeefGarden in this one.

  • User Gravatar Harper Ganesvoort
    August 23rd, 2009

    The problem with these is that they can be used only in display situations, in brief bursts — basically to get attention, and that’s it. Quite often, the artistry of creating the font destroys the readability, and the eye fatigues quickly trying to decipher it.

  • User Gravatar Ashely Adams
    August 24th, 2009

    interesting fonts! working in the design industry i keep requiring newer ideas and designs for work. these are helpful. thanks!

  • User Gravatar Pete Dooley
    August 24th, 2009

    Awesome collection thanks.

  • User Gravatar Ted
    August 24th, 2009

    Broken Record is written in Horos and not itself (the ‘O’ is the giveaway). BTW, but thanks for the links.

  • User Gravatar Australian Opal
    August 25th, 2009

    Wow Thats a big list,
    have used Hawaii Killer alot Of time here i got alot new ones

  • User Gravatar Luci
    August 25th, 2009

    Oh… i have so many of these fonts it’s silly! I second Harper though – they’re great for a quick, HEY LOOK AT ME, burst on a piece, or a highly stylised header font perhaps, but realistically they can’t be used for long pieces. My favourites are trashco and hawaii lover (though cocaine sans comes close)

    thanks for sharing!

  • User Gravatar Tripy
    August 25th, 2009

    Incredible nice fonts… They are very beautiful and useful for web design or orhers

  • User Gravatar Kyle
    August 25th, 2009

    Thanks for the great fonts, I’ll definitely make use of the defused font.

  • User Gravatar ade, B
    August 26th, 2009

    nice collection, is big inspiration , thnx.

  • User Gravatar BeN
    August 27th, 2009

    Thank you Jon! AWESOME Collection!

  • User Gravatar Haze
    August 29th, 2009

    I liked all except the topmost five. Where is Bleeding Cowboys?

  • User Gravatar Los Angeles Wood Arts
    August 30th, 2009

    nothing says trashy like a ransom note font or spray paint. excellent.

  • User Gravatar cocinas baratas
    August 31st, 2009

    I’m with the guy of the last comment. This grounge stuff rocks.

  • User Gravatar Mark
    September 13th, 2009

    Awesome grunge collection! I’ve need some newer trashy fonts for quite some time now, thanks.

  • User Gravatar BeN
    September 17th, 2009

    Thanks for the fonts Jon!

    I’ve used one with the new “RIFFIN’ IT OUT” with Mr.Zee banner on our radio station.

    Thanks a bunch and keep up the great work!

  • User Gravatar BeN
    September 17th, 2009

    Sorry,

    Forgot to mention i used the “TRASHCO” one.. :)

  • User Gravatar Rich
    November 27th, 2009

    Awesome list of resources! Thank you for sharing.

    I would just like to add one more set of typography resources and that is the forum of http://www.pilo.me

    It is a private typography forum with an unbelievable amount of free fonts, premium fonts and exclusive typefaces. I think it was voted the best typography forum of 2009. If you are a font lover/addict, check it out. Like I said though, it is either private or invite only. I have never seen a typography site like it with all it has to offer. Anyhow, check it out, pilo.me

    Anyhow, great article, I definitely will be referring to these time to time.

  • User Gravatar Bob Ruffolo
    December 14th, 2009

    Those are some awesome fonts!

  • User Gravatar olis
    January 8th, 2010

    Great article, thx :)
    Also some nice free grunge fonts http://www.fonts2u.com/category.html?id=42

  • User Gravatar Gino
    January 16th, 2010

    Great grunge fonts i love that Agressive Angry Baby Killer font even though it has a crazy name haha.

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