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32 Trashy And Distorted Fonts For Your Next Grungy Design

August 22, 2009 by Jon 35 Comments

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!

Filed Under: Design, Inspirational, Showcase, Typography

Comments

  1. Audrey Ross says

    August 22, 2009 at 5:48 pm

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

    I’m loving them.

    Audrey

  2. Jose Cuadra says

    August 22, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Very nice collection. Thanks!

  3. monica says

    August 22, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    A bite

  4. Sandy says

    August 22, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    Love love love love them. Thanks so much!

  5. SAT says

    August 23, 2009 at 4:06 am

    Thanks, i didn’t know them !

  6. jamie says

    August 23, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    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.

  7. Deb says

    August 23, 2009 at 12:21 pm

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

  8. Got80s says

    August 23, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    The A Bite image links to the Hawaii Font.

  9. Afrogirl22 says

    August 23, 2009 at 12:42 pm

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

  10. M!A says

    August 23, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Bruised is amazing!

  11. Alyssapants says

    August 23, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    These fonts are fantastic! Well done.

  12. Amanda says

    August 23, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    you guys should have included Tibetan BeefGarden in this one.

  13. Harper Ganesvoort says

    August 23, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    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.

  14. Ashely Adams says

    August 24, 2009 at 3:36 am

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

  15. Pete Dooley says

    August 24, 2009 at 8:24 am

    Awesome collection thanks.

  16. Ted says

    August 24, 2009 at 11:30 am

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

  17. Australian Opal says

    August 25, 2009 at 10:26 am

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

  18. Luci says

    August 25, 2009 at 11:48 am

    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!

  19. Tripy says

    August 25, 2009 at 12:52 pm

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

  20. Kyle says

    August 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm

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

  21. ade, B says

    August 26, 2009 at 10:31 am

    nice collection, is big inspiration , thnx.

  22. BeN says

    August 27, 2009 at 1:52 am

    Thank you Jon! AWESOME Collection!

  23. Haze says

    August 29, 2009 at 6:58 pm

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

  24. Los Angeles Wood Arts says

    August 30, 2009 at 5:01 am

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

  25. cocinas baratas says

    August 31, 2009 at 3:51 am

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

  26. Mark says

    September 13, 2009 at 10:43 pm

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

  27. BeN says

    September 17, 2009 at 3:52 am

    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!

  28. BeN says

    September 17, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Sorry,

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

  29. Rich says

    November 27, 2009 at 5:47 am

    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.

  30. Bob Ruffolo says

    December 14, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    Those are some awesome fonts!

  31. olis says

    January 8, 2010 at 9:10 am

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

  32. Gino says

    January 16, 2010 at 11:08 pm

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

  33. Kelly says

    August 14, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    Very nice collection of fonts, I have been searching for these kind of fonts for almost a 2 hours and finally I found this post.

    Thanks for making life so easy :)

  34. gratis iphone says

    November 13, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Ca you also use these fonts for CSS webfonts?

  35. Best WordPress Plugins says

    June 2, 2011 at 9:46 am

    Some really cool fonts here, seen a few before, but most of them were new to me, thanks:)

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