Author's note

Analecta by George Douros of Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts is a free decorative display font with dramatic stroke changes, long curves, and sharply folded letter shapes. Its uneven silhouettes make each letter feel individually drawn.

Designers working on art-led cultural projects will find it suited to festival posters, gallery branding, and experimental magazine covers, where lettering can become part of the illustration. The sweeping arcs and pointed joins also fit theatrical events and fantasy-themed publishing with an ornate, slightly mysterious edge.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts; George Douros; 2009
Font family
Analecta
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Analecta
Full font name
Analecta
Name table version
Version 2.52
Postscript font name
Analecta
Trademark notice
Analecta is not a merchandise.
Manufacturer name
Free
Designer
Description
Analecta is an ecclesiastic scripts font, in Byzantine uncial style, covering Basic Latin, Greek and Coptic, some Punctuation and other Symbols, Coptic, typographica varia, Specials, Gothic and Deseret.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MicrosoftUnicode full repertoire

Font details

Created2009-10-01
Revision2
Glyph count576
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthExpanded
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureBold
StyleOblique, italic
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced