The best Typewriter fonts can be very effective in a range of design projects. They can give a design a nostalgic or retro quality, and sometimes they can simply be pleasing to the eye since we're still very much familiar with reading them. Of course, Courier is the best-known of all typewriter fonts, but there are plenty of alternatives, whether you're looking for something traditional or something more decorative and unusual.
In our selection of the best typewriter fonts below, we've included only paid-for options. Some of them are very affordable while some are more expensive, but they can all be worth the price when the project requires a good typewriter font. The prices vary depending on whether you require the entire font family or only one version and also what use you require the font for.
If you're on a budget, then we also have a selection of our favourite free typewriter fonts. And for more free resources, see our guides to the best free fonts and the best free wallpapers for typography lovers. You might also want to see our guides to the best Google fonts and best Adobe fonts.
The best typewriter fonts
01. Thesis Typewriter
- Price: From $15 / £9.99
- Download Thesis Typewriter from myfonts.com
Thesis Typewriter is our top pick as the best typewriter font. It comes in three different styles: Weary, Regular and Bold. Weary is perhaps the most interesting since its textured look creates a great vintage feel. The Regular version of the font would be a good one for letters or longer texts, while the Bold is an option for when you need to make a stronger impact.
02. Detective
- Price: From $17
- Download Detective from Creative Market
This classic, mechanical typewriter font was constructed by hand. Not all of the characters are uniformly straight, which gives it a jaunty feel, but it's also traditional enough to evoke the nostalgic feel of Agatha Christie novels.
03. FF Trixie
- Price: From $55 / £39
- Download FF Trixie from Myfonts.com
If a grungy typewriter feel is what you're after, you can't go wrong with Trixie – one of the oldest FontFont typefaces. Until recently, its origin was unknown. It was raised in The Hague by 'foster father' Erik van Blokland. But who conceived it? The book 'Made with FontFont' finally provided the answer. Trixie's 'mother font' was called Triumph Durabel, and was born in Nuremberg in around 1930.
04. Letter Gothic
- Price: From $19.95 / £14.96
- Download Letter Gothic from youworkforthem.com
Roger Roberson designed Letter Gothic for IBM in the early '60s. It has flat monospaced sans serif lettering, which is clean and beautiful. The typeface is available in a variety of different weights.
05. Olivetti Typewriter
- Price: From £15
- Download Olivetti Typewriter from hypefortype.com
Created by designer Iza W, this classic typewriter font is great for mimicking the sloppy ink effect of older typewriter machines. Available in five different weights, Olivetti is a great option for a traditional typewriter style.
06. Courier M
- Price: From $19.95 / £14.96
- Download Courier M from youworkforthem.com
A version of the classic Courier font, Courier M is a typewriter typeface that was designed by Howard Kettler in 1956. Released by font foundry URW, it's a clean, classic lightweight typewriter font.
07. Colón Mono
- Price: From $30 / £22.50
- Download Colón Mono from youworkforthem.com
A monospaced slab serif type family, Colón Mono was created by architect and graphic designer Ramiz Guseynov. It comes in two weights of roman and alternative styles and matching italics respectably.
08. Erased Typewriter 2
- Price: From £11
- Download Erased Typewriter 2 from hypefortype.com
Erased Typewriter 2 is a distressed font from type designer Paulo W. It's great for creating an authentic type feel. You can customise your designs with a choice of four weights: regular, bold, italic and underscore.
09. LTC Remington Typewriter Pro Set
- Price: From $24.95 / £16.99
- Download LTC Remington Typewriter Pro Set from myfonts.com
LTC Remington Typewriter Pro is a beautiful classic lightweight typewriter font with a hint of class and unconventional characteristics in the letterforms. Far removed from the traditional bulky ink spilt typewriter style, this clean alternative is a great way to combine a hint of classic design with more technological visuals.
10. IHOF Typewriter
- Price: From $24.95
- Download IHOF Typewriter from p22.com
The P22 typewriter font was based on a typeface originally used in a document for a German type conference. Striking a balance between distress and clean legibility, it offers myriad uses. There's also now an underlined variant.
11. Intimo
- Price: From $60 / £40
- Download Intimo from myfonts.com
Intimo is quite a unique alternative typewriter font, that blend the simplicity of dots with typewriting stains. It offers something a bit different while retaining effortless readability and a nice visual effect in various sizes.
12. Aminta
- Price: From $60 / £40
- Download Aminta from myfonts.com
Typography designer Gareth Hague's Aminta Regular is a beautiful cross between the originality and depth of the typewriter courier classic and a sophisticated Helvetica touch added to create a modern balance. Designed and inspired by a series of drawing and handwriting experiments, it offers creatives an alternative lightweight serif font. Aminta Black is also a nice option as a more dominating version closer to the classic typeface of a traditional typewriter but still with a cleaner and more modern finish. The close proximity of the letters can make it look like someone has repeatedly pressed a key when the carriage is stuck!
13. Grandpa's Typewriter
- Price: From $20 / £15
- Download Grandpa's Typewriter from myfonts.com
If you want a really worn, smudgy old typewriter look for grainy or superimposed type, then Grandpa's Typewriter is a creative option. Designer Eduardo Recife based this five-font family on an antique Olivetti, and he includes all the effects you get from an old typewriter machine. There's a regular version, a strong hit version, a light distressed version, a double-hit version and intriguingly an X version, which is a compilation of typewriter mistakes, tests and stains. It's great for designs that require a distressed grungy look.
14. EF Mono
- Price: From $35 / 23.99
- Download EF Mono from myfonts.com
Designed by Ilko Höppin for the Elsner + Flake design studio, this is another playful alternative to the classic Courier typewriter font. The cutout effect and distorted lettering offer an interesting visual dynamic.
15. EF Techno Script
- Price: From $35 / £23.99
- Download EF Techno Script from myfonts.com
Another example brought to us by the Elsner + Flake design studio, Techno Script combines clean-cut digital elements with the typewriter aesthetic for a style that wouldn't look out of place in more modern applications.
16. Firenza
- Price: From $45 / £33.75
- Download Firenza from youworkforthem.com
Based on a design used at the turn of the 19th century, the Firenza font family has character shapes that resemble those which became common on typewriters throughout the second half of the 20th century. Each weight has a full character set of 232+ letterforms, with all characters designed in the style of the font.
17. Chapter 11
- Price: From $24.95 / £19.99
- Download Chapter 11 from myfonts.com
Chapter 11 is the perfect font if you're looking for an authentic typewriter feel redolent of official classified government papers and the like. Designed by Canadian typographer Rebecca Alaccari, it's a great typeface to use when you want to get creative with a more organic typewriter style.
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