etaoin shrdlu Font

Etaoin Shrdlu by SpideRaY is a free distorted serif display font with warped proportions and a rough hand-cut finish. Its uneven stroke widths, pinched joins, and scattered nicks turn familiar Roman forms into lettering that feels damaged and slightly unruly.

The same roughness can push a horror poster toward pulp territory or give specialty food packaging an eccentric old-label look. It also suits underground music merchandise and offbeat event graphics. In magazine publishing, its battered serif shapes can become part of the cover artwork rather than neutral titling.

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et.a.oin shrd.lu (et-ee-oin shurd-loo) refers to the letters produced by running a finger down the first two vertical rows of keys on the left side of a Linotype machine. They were used as a temporary marking slug but were sometimes inadvertently cast and printed. They are also the twelve most frequently used Latin glyphs in English, arranged in approximate order.

The fully kerned, OTF-embeddable commercial version of this font is available from the Etsy store:
http://etsy.me/2dgOtf8

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