The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Destroyed Aero
Jayvee D. Enaguas, working as GrandChaos9000, released Destroyed Aero in 2012 as a single TrueType style, first listed on dafont in February of that year. It is a bold, slightly condensed sans serif with a consistent width and high cap height, then run through heavy erosion so every stroke looks scuffed, pitted and worn. The result sits in the grunge-poster register of the early 2010s: good for album covers, game titles and anything that wants an industrial, beaten-up feel. Underneath the damage is a sturdy condensed gothic skeleton, and these free fonts from Google Fonts give you that same skeleton, clean, from a CDN.
The closest font to Destroyed AeroThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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- Is Destroyed Aero free?
- Yes — Destroyed Aero is a free typeface from GrandChaos9000. Free to download from dafont under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0, which allows personal and non-commercial use with attribution. If you need a similar font you can load from a CDN, the closest is Oswald, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to Destroyed Aero?
- Oswald is the closest free match. A reworking of the classic Alternate Gothic model: bold, condensed, low-contrast and tall-capped, which is the skeleton under Destroyed Aero's texture. Oswald is clean and comes in a full weight range, so you add the grunge yourself with a texture mask or layered image.
- Can I use Oswald in commercial projects?
- Yes — Oswald is published under a free license on Google Fonts and can be used in commercial work. Confirm the license text at the source before shipping.