Author's note

Capitular Moldurada by Ouripedes Gallene is a free Gothic initial font with tall, high-contrast serif letters enclosed by dense ornamental frames. Its layered borders resemble carved stone foliage and intricate old woodcut decoration.

In publishing, it can introduce chapters or decorate book covers, and the same framed forms suit formal invitations and museum exhibition posters because each letter already reads like a finished emblem. In those settings, the foliage-like edging can echo illuminated manuscript art, engraved patterns, or heraldic illustrations, so the initials become part of the picture rather than ordinary text.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright 2002 by Ouripedes Gallene (gallene@ajato.com.br)
Font family
Capitular Moldurada
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Capitular Moldurada
Full font name
Capitular Moldurada
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 21/06/02
Postscript font name
CapitularMoldurada

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2002-06-21
Revision1
Glyph count30
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classOrnamentals
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureNegative
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI