Author's note

Aboriginebats 1 by Chris Brown is a free pictorial dingbat font built from compact, hand-drawn symbols. The collection centers on simplified human figures, animals, and organic marks, with rough edges and irregular contours that keep the images lively.

Nature, movement, and storytelling are its strongest subjects. Those themes suit cultural event posters, educational publishing, and museum materials because the symbols read as small narrative scenes. On merchandise, a single figure can become an illustrated emblem rather than ordinary lettering.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright: Chris Brown (c) 1998 (all rights reserved)
Font family
Aboriginebats 1
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Aboriginebats 1
Full font name
Aboriginebats 1
Name table version
Shareware V1 - cbrown@eon.net.au
Postscript font name
Aboriginebats1
Trademark notice
cwfb
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
ABORIGINEBATS 1 is a symbol font featuring artwork from Australia's indiginous nomadic people, the Aborigines.
They draw inspiration from the dreamtime and the the wide brown land we affectionately call the sunburnt country.
This font is one of two in the ABORIGINE family, the other set is ABORIGINEBATS 2.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftSymbol

Font details

Glyph count30
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular