Broken Phone Nails

Broken Phone Nails font by Shawn Westphal is a free trash script typeface that looks like it was scratched onto a wall with bent wire and splintered nails. The letters are thin, jagged, and restless, with overlapping strokes that feel nervous and unhinged, like frantic handwriting on a broken screen. It has that raw, gritty tension where every word looks a little unstable—in a good way.

Using Broken Phone Nails, this free font shines on horror titles, glitchy tech posters, punk flyers, zines, game overlays, and eerie social graphics. The scratchy texture instantly adds attitude and unease, so short phrases and bold headlines hit hardest. Pair it with a clean, neutral sans-serif for body copy to keep everything readable while letting this chaotic script do the screaming.

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