# Walter Turncoat font

> Wobbly marker capitals with small caps in place of lowercase, from Font Diner's Sideshow label.

Walter Turncoat is a handwriting typeface from Sideshow, a Font Diner label, drawn as wide capitals in a rough marker line with small capitals in place of lowercase. Walter Turncoat has one Regular style and 228 glyphs in the basic Latin subset. Walter Turncoat is released under the Apache License 2.0 and suits informal titles, notes and labels.

## Facts

- Classification: [Handwriting](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/handwriting)
- Designed by: Sideshow
- License: Apache License 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 228
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-06-02
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Walter+Turncoat
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/walter-turncoat
- Tagged for: Casual, Social media, Kids

## About Walter Turncoat

Walter Turncoat is a handwriting typeface that looks like capitals printed quickly with a felt marker. The line keeps one thickness, its edges are slightly ragged, and the strokes wobble instead of running straight. There is no true lowercase: the lowercase keys give smaller capitals, so a word typed in mixed case sets as a large initial followed by small caps. Letters are wide, the crossbar of the A sits low, and the numerals are as broad as the capitals. The family is one Regular style with 228 glyphs in the basic Latin subset and is not a variable font. It is credited to Sideshow, a trading name of Font Diner, Inc; the font's name table gives the designer as Squid, and the official description is a joke biography of a fictional printer called Walter. The license is Apache 2.0.

## License

Apache License 2.0. Copyright (c) 2010 by Font Diner, Inc DBA Sideshow. All rights reserved.

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work.
- Modify the fonts and distribute your modified version.
- Redistribute the fonts, including as part of a larger product.

Conditions:
- Copies must include the license text and keep the copyright and attribution notices.
- Files you change must carry a notice saying that you changed them.
- The license does not grant the right to use the authors' trademarks.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

## Where it works

- **Comic and cartoon captions**: Hand-printed capitals with small caps follow the convention of lettering in comic panels.
- **Classroom and children's material**: The wobbly marker line gives worksheets, signs and labels a hand-made, unofficial look.
- **Casual social graphics**: A short caption reads like a note written on a whiteboard or a sticky label.
- **Menus and chalkboard-style signs**: Wide capitals stay readable for item names and prices set at a generous size.

## Things to know

- **Small caps instead of lowercase**: Lowercase keys give smaller capitals. Walter Turncoat has no lowercase letterforms.
- **Apache 2.0, not OFL**: The license is the Apache License 2.0, whose terms differ from the SIL Open Font License used by many open fonts.
- **One style, basic Latin**: There is a single style, Regular 400, and the character set is the Latin subset without Latin Extended.

## FAQs

### Is Walter Turncoat free for commercial use?

Yes. Walter Turncoat is released under the Apache License 2.0, which permits commercial use, modification and distribution. Copies carry the license text and the copyright notices, changed files say that they were changed, and the license grants no trademark rights.

### Who designed Walter Turncoat?

Walter Turncoat is credited to Sideshow, a trading name of Font Diner, Inc. The name table inside the font gives the designer as Squid.

### Does Walter Turncoat have lowercase letters?

No. Walter Turncoat uses small capitals in the lowercase positions, so text sets in capitals of two sizes.

### How many weights does Walter Turncoat have?

Walter Turncoat has one weight, Regular 400, with no bold or italic.

### Which languages does Walter Turncoat support?

Walter Turncoat includes the letters needed for English and Western European languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Danish.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/walter-turncoat (trendhub)
