DarkGardenMK.ttf
Dark Garden Font
Author's note
Dark Garden font by Micha B Kosmulski is a free scary display font that looks like it’s made of writhing black flames. Each letter blossoms into inky tendrils and curling spikes, giving words a restless, almost smoky energy that jumps off the page. Its dense, organic silhouettes create a bold, moody texture that’s hard to ignore, especially at larger sizes where the twisted contours really show.
Using Dark Garden, you can push horror posters, metal band logos, Halloween event graphics, occult book covers, game titles, and edgy album artwork into full nightmare mode. The irregular rhythm and thorny outlines add instant menace, so a little goes a long way. This free font works best as a headline voice; pair it with a simple sans serif in small text to keep layouts readable while the main lettering does the theatrical heavy lifting.
Using Dark Garden, you can push horror posters, metal band logos, Halloween event graphics, occult book covers, game titles, and edgy album artwork into full nightmare mode. The irregular rhythm and thorny outlines add instant menace, so a little goes a long way. This free font works best as a headline voice; pair it with a simple sans serif in small text to keep layouts readable while the main lettering does the theatrical heavy lifting.
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Copyright notice
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2004 Michal Kosmulski
<mkosmul@users.sourceforge.net>
This font is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This font is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this font; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
As a special exception, if you create a document which uses
this font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into
the document, this font does not by itself cause the resulting
document to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This
exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
document might be covered by the GNU General Public License. If you
modify this font, you may extend this exception to your version of the
font, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
delete this exception statement from your version.
<mkosmul@users.sourceforge.net>
This font is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This font is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this font; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
As a special exception, if you create a document which uses
this font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into
the document, this font does not by itself cause the resulting
document to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This
exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
document might be covered by the GNU General Public License. If you
modify this font, you may extend this exception to your version of the
font, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
delete this exception statement from your version.
Font family
Dark Garden
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
DarkGarden (Michal Kosmulski)
Full font name
Dark Garden
Name table version
Version 1.1
Postscript font name
DarkGardenMK
Manufacturer name
MichaB Kosmulski
Designer
MichaB Kosmulski
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2004-05-17
Revision1
Glyph count86
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classOrnamentals
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
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