Candide Dingbats font by Harold Lohner is a free human dingbat typeface that translates reclining, stretching figures into bold, fluid line drawings. Each glyph feels like a tiny woodcut-style illustration, with thick outlines, simplified curves, and a relaxed, narrative rhythm that instantly adds personality to a page. The forms read clearly even at small sizes, yet they gain a wonderfully graphic punch when scaled up.
Using Candide Dingbats, you can drop expressive figures into book jackets, zines, editorial spreads, event posters, postcards, and gallery promo pieces. This free font shines when you repeat or tile the characters into borders and patterns, then anchor them with a simple serif or sans for accompanying text. Keep the figures large and spacious so their sculptural silhouettes stay crisp and legible in print or on screen.
Glyphs in the Candide Dingbats font — Basic Latin, page 1
Basic font information
Copyright notice
Candide Dingbats computer font v1.0 created 1999 by Harold Lohner and placed into the public domain by him. Based on decorations designed by Rockwell Kent for "Candide," circa 1928 HLohner@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fontner
Font family
Candide Dingbats
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.3 Candide Dingbats
Full font name
Candide Dingbats
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.3 4/11/99
Postscript font name
CandideDingbats
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1999-04-11
Revision1
Glyph count38
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals