Author's note

Animal Tracks font by Andrew D. Taylor is a free animal dingbat typeface that turns your keyboard into a trail of paws, hooves, and claws. Each mark is a bold, inky silhouette, from tiny pads to heavy prints, so layouts instantly feel outdoorsy and tactile, like mud stamped across clean paper. The icons are crisp and high-contrast, making them easy to read even at small sizes or in busy compositions.

Using Animal Tracks, you can quickly build nature worksheets, kids’ activity sheets, scavenger-hunt maps, trail signage, zoo brochures, or playful pet-store branding. This free font shines when you repeat tracks as borders or paths that guide the eye through a layout. For a simple pairing, combine it with a clean geometric sans serif and let the tracks act as directional accents or section dividers.

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Copyright notice
Copyright © 1994 by Andrew D. Taylor
Font family
AnimalTracks
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 AnimalTracks
Full font name
AnimalTracks
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 3/18/95
Postscript font name
AnimalTracks

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count111
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced