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.
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.