Author's note

Curious Device font by David Hirmes is a free dingbat font that turns your keyboard into a drawer of strange little machines. Each symbol feels like a tiny orbital gadget or mechanical medallion, with tight geometry, crisp curves, and both solid and outlined versions that click together visually. Used large, these icons have a satisfying, stamped quality-like futuristic seals pressed into paper or glowing on a console.

Using Curious Device, you can quickly build sci‑fi interfaces, techy logos, experimental posters, game HUD elements, chapter markers, or repeating patterns for packaging. This free font shines when you treat each symbol as a hero graphic, then back it up with a clean sans serif set in smaller text for contrast.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
This is a shareware font. Please send $15 to: David Hirmes, 165 Garfield Pl., Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Thanks.
Font family
Curious Device
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 Curious Device
Full font name
Curious Device
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 7/28/99
Postscript font name
CuriousDevice

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-07-28
Revision1
Glyph count67
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureOutlined
PitchNot monospaced