What is the Chainprinter font?

What happens when computer printer marries a chainsaw and a player piano? A piece of 1960s computer equipment called a chain printer that printed at alarming speeds, even by today’s standards. Band printers were similar to chain printers except were more like bandsaws than chainsaws. Most print chains and print bands had limited punctuation, no accents and no lowercase letters. Chainprinter recreates the effect of this mechanical marvel/nightmare of yesteryear. Want a crisp version with lowercase? Try Typodermic’s Linefeed.

Chainprinter Font families

The Chainprinter includes the following font families:

• Chainprinter Regular

Chainprinter Preview

Here is a preview of how Chainprinter will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.