Southern Literary Mess Font Southern Literary Mess by Gary Stephens is a free revival typewriter font based on the Southern Literary Messenger — a defunct 19th-century American literary journal that published Edgar Allan Poe. Its letterforms capture the distinctive character of 1800s press typography, making it a typewriter font steeped in genuine literary history. With 358 glyphs and two styles, it suits historical editorial design, literary branding, and period-accurate printing projects. Free for personal use.…