My Next Free Font For You - A VERY Special Map Font Indeed!

Well - This next font that I'm making for you guys is a very special one - because it involves using actual 12th century letters - and not contrived stuff. I have taken a Public Domain specimen image of a twelth century alphabet - and I have updated it, tweaked it, and expanded it for use as a font. This is of particular interest to gamers who want to produce game props, modules, and stats sheets - because this font is going to allow you to create text resembling a medieval illuminated manuscript.

This is also very important for maps - because not only will it be great for place names - but also for map cartouche info and topical map notes. Here's a taster of the WIP:

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  • edited May 2012
    Some kerning work and tweaking is still needed - and the expanded characters need to be done yet - but I should be finished with it soon. The process of adapting these characters to modern type has been incredible. I have had to scale and rescale the characters - rotate a few of them, and the spacing still needs to be optimized.

    There was no letter "W" or "J", and no currency or numbers. I had to borrow the numbers from another PD specimen image, and the other characters I had to piece together using pieces of existing characters for consistency. All in all - I think that you guys are going to be happy with it.
  • Your Fonts are amazing, thank you for sharing them!
  • Hum... sweet. I also want that one =)
  • Posted By: ChaosmeisterYour Fonts are amazing, thank you for sharing them!
    Posted By: Mateus090985Hum... sweet. I also want that one =)
    Thanks guys - I'm really being meticulous about this one because it has a lot of potential as a straight forward staple design font, and I want it to turn out with maximum tastiness.
    I'm working on this to get it right. You guys should be getting this shortly.

    This one could turn out to be a real winner for desktop publishing and print publication work. I may actually expand this one even farther in the future using the dreaded and accursed Times New Roman or Ariel map layouts - which is like over a thousand characters probably. If I do - I'll be wearing Depends adult diapers and getting burped three times a day at the nursing home before I finish that one, lol :)
  • RalfRalf Administrator, ProFantasy 🖼️ 18 images Mapmaker
    Very nice font! I see your uploads to the library, it will just take a bit until I get around to processing the next batch.
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