Fonts
The first two issues of the Grumpy Writer’s Grumps were painstakingly hand-crafted. But, if I really want to do this more regularly, I thought it would be better to get a little more high-tech. How? By being slightly insane and designing fonts specifically for use with this publication (or getting friends to design fonts for me). I do this by using the “YourFonts” website to get the base font, then do some tweaking with FontLab Studio.
Any time that I introduce a new font in the Grumpy Writer’s Grumps, you can check back here to download it.
Enjoy!
- The Grumpy Writer’s Scribbles
(Original font for the Grumpy Writer’s Grumps) - Nice Curves Man (Primarily used for headings within each issue)
- Scratchy Doubles (Primarily used for the vertical text on the left of each page)
- Malar (first used in Issue #005)

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