Author's note

Bastarda by George W. Williams is a free medieval blackletter font built from dramatic thick-thin strokes, sharply broken curves, and sweeping flourished capitals. Pointed lowercase forms keep the texture tight and manuscript-like.

It can lend historical weight to fantasy game titles and period event posters, yet the same theatrical shapes also suit metal album covers and dark fashion branding with an occult edge. The recurring diamond cuts and blade-like points make the letters feel almost illustrated, linking them directly to heraldic crests, engraved armor, Gothic architecture, and manuscript ornament rather than ordinary printed text.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
The programs to generate the splines here are copyright © 1988 by George W. Williams.
Font family
Bastarda
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.4 Bastarda
Full font name
Bastarda
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.4 5/10/98
Postscript font name
Bastarda

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-05-11
Revision1
Glyph count157
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
Bastarda.ttf
BastardaPlain.ttf