Silkscreen Pixel Font – Free Retro Techno Typeface

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Silkscreen is a free techno-style pixel font with regular and bold weights. Perfect for web, retro design, UI, and tech-inspired branding.

Designed by Jason Kottke

Silkscreen pixel font display is a typeface with a distinct techno-stiff charm that feels both retro and futuristic. Originally built for screen use, this typeface has gained a cult following among designers who love that chunky, low-res look with a modern edge. Whether you’re designing old-school game UIs or creating sharp, stylized branding that pops, Silkscreen gets the job done with blocky precision.

This typeface comes in two practical weights: Regular and Bold, both designed to be crisp and readable on digital screens—from websites and mobile apps to retro-style digital dashboards. And with its SIL Open Font License (Version 1.1), you can use it freely in personal or commercial projects.

Silkscreen’s modular letterforms and squared-off edges feel like they were pulled straight from a vintage computer terminal or a dot-matrix printer—but polished enough to look at home in any tech-forward branding, pixel art, or glitch-inspired poster. It’s a perfect match for minimal UI designs, tech blogs, Y2K-themed layouts, and even product packaging.

🔤 What’s Included:

  • Uppercase and Lowercase Latin Characters

  • Numbers and Common Latin Punctuation

  • Marks and Special Characters

  • Supports 393 Languages

  • Two Weights: Regular and Bold

  • Pixel-perfect readability at small sizes

🧠 Best For:

  • Web and mobile UI elements

  • Pixel art, video game design, and dashboards

  • Sci-fi flyers and glitch aesthetics

  • Retro-futuristic branding and editorial layouts

  • Labels, zines, and digital stickers

  • Software splash screens or error message art

Thanks to its high legibility and chunky geometry, Silkscreen works beautifully at small sizes while still packing a bold punch when scaled up. Use the bold version for titles, headers, and statement designs, and the regular weight for subtle, system-style text.

Silkscreen is also extremely useful for designers working on tech projects that require clean, low-resolution aesthetics. From digital interfaces to printed zines inspired by early 2000s culture, this font gives your work an authentic digital-era voice.

Download Silkscreen pixel font today and bring that crisp, pixel-heavy energy to your next design. Whether you’re going full-on cyberpunk or just want a functional retro vibe, Silkscreen bridges the past and the future in one compact font.