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Zalderdash

by Typodermic
Individual Styles from $69.95 USD
The Zalderdash Font Family was designed by Ray Larabie and published by Typodermic. Zalderdash contains 1 styles.

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Zalderdash is a raconteur with a flair for the ridiculous. Imagine a Clarendon slab serif that wandered into a traveling sideshow, picked up a few bad habits, and decided to reinvent itself as the life of every party. Its sturdy, blocky bones are rooted in 19th-century poster type, but the looseness in its stance and the gleeful wobble of its baseline give it a personality that’s anything but buttoned-up.

Type a word, and you’ll see the letters swap in and out like stage performers, each with its own little flourish. That touch of unpredictability adds the visual rhythm of vintage, hand-set wood type—perfect for when you want your headlines to feel spontaneous, handmade, and just a little mischievous. It’s equally at home in a parody newspaper, an over-the-top event poster, a craft soda label, or a tongue-in-cheek political pamphlet.

Zalderdash speaks a broad swath of Latin-based European languages, so its antics can travel from Lisbon street markets to Stockholm pop-up shops without losing the joke. Whether you’re dressing up a retro board game, spoofing a tabloid, or branding an artisanal hot sauce with more attitude than Scovilles, Zalderdash is your storytelling partner.

It’s not just “funny cowboy.” It’s eccentric uncle, unreliable narrator, and vaudeville host all rolled into one—ready to give your designs the kind of wink that keeps people looking twice.

Designers: Ray Larabie

Publisher: Typodermic

Foundry: Typodermic

Design Owner: Typodermic

MyFonts debut: Dec 21, 2004

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About Typodermic

Welcome to Typodermic Fonts, a spirited type foundry rooted in Nagoya, Japan, started by the Canadian typeface designer, Raymond Larabie in 2001. Our library brims with 500+ diverse typefaces to fuel creativity in graphic design, advertising, web, and app development. As digital type pioneers, we adopted web fonts and app licensing early, consistently pushing the design envelope. With Canadian heart and Japanese precision, we're your global partners in extraordinary typography. Explore Typodermic Fonts—where creativity meets character.

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