Author's note

Bradley Gratis font by Justin Callaghan is a free Gothic face with a crisp medieval look and dense, carved texture. Its tall blackletter forms create a strong vertical rhythm that feels ceremonial and old-world without turning muddy, which helps it hold together on posters, book covers, certificates, pub branding, menus, and holiday packaging.

Bradley Gratis works best when you want atmosphere fast: something historic, dramatic, and a little solemn. This free font suits logos, event flyers, music artwork, themed invitations, and shop signage, especially when paired with a quiet serif or plain sans for contrast and used at medium to large sizes.

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Bradley Gratis font character map

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Bradley Gratis font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Bradley Gratis font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Digitized by Justin Callaghan. Dedicated to the public domain. This work may be freely reproduced, distributed, modified, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial.
Font family
Bradley Gratis
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FONTLAB30:TTEXPORT
Full font name
Bradley Gratis
Name table version
0.1
Postscript font name
BradleyGratis
Manufacturer name
Justin Callaghan
Description
Bradley, an 1895 typeface credited to Joseph Warren Phinney, is based on lettering by Henry William Bradley for a Christmas cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine. This digitization is based on a specimen from Dover's "Gothic and Old English Alphabets : 100 Complete Fonts" selected and arranged by Dan X. Solo from the Solotype Typographers Catalog.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count79
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthExtra-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced