Alan Den Font

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Alanden_.ttf

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Author's note

Alan Den font by UnAuthorized Type is a free decorative display typeface that comes in swinging with bold, brushy strokes and knife-sharp edges. The letters feel hand-slashed, with angular cuts and swooping diagonals that give every word a sense of motion and impact, like a title card frozen mid-action. It’s loud, dramatic, and unapologetically stylized—great when you want text that looks like it was painted in a single, confident gesture.

Using Alan Den, you can give instant attitude to martial arts posters, game titles, comic book covers, action movie graphics, sports logos, and bold YouTube thumbnails. The tight rhythm and chunky forms hold up well at large sizes, where every curve and spike can really breathe. This free font pairs best with a simple geometric sans for body copy—let Alan Den handle the shout, and keep everything else calm and clean around it.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Freeware by: UnAuthorized Type
Font family
Alan Den
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Alan Den
Full font name
Alan Den
Name table version
Version 1.00 1/11/97
Postscript font name
AlanDen
Trademark notice
UnAuthorized Type
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
This version includes two different versions of upper letters, punctuation, and some international characters. I also included some UA Type dingbats (just to amuse myself, and so you don't get those annoying boxes when you type something that isn't in the font).

I enjoy looking at calligraphy. One day I was searching the web for calligraphy, and I came across a cool picture of some lady's work. So I based a font on it. The original letters didn't have a full character set, so I had to come up with those on my own.

The original quote that inspired this font was:

Allies
And Enemies
In The
Old Northwest

Somehow I derived the name Alan Den from all that.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MacintoshRoman
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics

Font details

Created1998-01-11
Revision1
Glyph count159
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureItalic
PostureUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI