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BacklineFree distressed block font
Backline distressed block font spelling ROCK STAR, with an optional star-shaped A counter.
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Clean + Press · optional Star ALoading font…
Clean: 48 px+ web / 36 pt+ print. Press: 96 px+ web / 72 pt+ print. Use a text face for paragraphs and small labels.
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Heavy type for the front row.
Backline is a condensed block display font for music posters, album covers, event identities and bold web headings. Thick stems, rectangular counters and clipped corners give short titles a strong silhouette.
Clean or distressed?
Clean keeps the solid letterforms for headings at 48 px and above. Press adds fine vector scratches and ink wear for titles at 96 px and above. Both faces share widths and kerning, so switching them preserves your line lengths. Repeated letters repeat the same texture.
Make the A a star
A readable triangular-counter A is the default. Enable stylistic set 01 (ss01) for Star A in either face. On the web, use font-feature-settings: "ss01" 1. The alternate preserves the ordinary A’s width; it changes uppercase A only.
What you get
Clean and Press in TTF, OTF and WOFF2, a web CSS example, an offline specimen, editable UFO sources and SIL OFL 1.1. Each face contains 346 glyphs and 344 encoded characters: English letters, numbers, Latin-1, Latin Extended-A, selected punctuation and combining marks.
Use the right size
Clean: 48–320 px on screen or 36–240 pt in print. Press: 96–480 px or 72–360 pt. At small caption sizes, the narrow counters and distressed details lose clarity. Use another face for body copy, navigation and dense tables. No Hangul, Cyrillic or complete Greek coverage is included.
Compatibility and installation
Choose TTF or OTF for each face; avoid installing both formats of the same face. Select JFFF Backline or JFFF Backline Press. For CSS, set font-weight: 900 and font-synthesis: none. Font structure, accent composition, core spacing, browser loading and Windows GDI rendering have been checked. Word, Adobe and macOS document editing remain unverified.
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Type in context
From headlines to the smallest details
Character set
329 shown, excluding spaces and combining marksThese characters are included in the font file. Hangul is not included.
Explore all 329 characters
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Install and start creating
- Download and extract the ZIP file.
- Open the TTF or OTF file and choose Install (Windows) or Install Font (macOS).
- Restart your design app and select JFFF Backline.
Install either the TTF or OTF, not both. For websites, use the WOFF2 file when included.
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Modification and redistribution terms ↗Using Backline
Is Backline free for commercial use?
Yes. Backline is free for personal and commercial projects under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, print, video, websites and apps. Keep the copyright and license when redistributing the font software. Read the license terms.
What is Backline best used for?
Music posters, album covers, event identities and bold web titles. Start at 48 px for Clean or 96 px for Press. Use another face for body text.
Which font files can I download?
The free ZIP includes TTF, OTF and WOFF2 and the OFL license. No account is required. Install either TTF or OTF on your computer; use WOFF2 for your website. See installation and webfont help.
Which characters does Backline support?
346 glyphs per face and 344 encoded characters: English, Latin-1, Latin Extended-A, punctuation and combining marks, plus an optional Star A. No Hangul or Cyrillic. Explore the character set or test your own text.
