Author's note

Dethek Stone font by Neale Davidson is a free runic dingbat typeface. Its heavy, uneven strokes look like they’ve been chipped out of rock with a worn chisel, giving each symbol a rough, dwarven-carved feel. The glyphs line up in a dense, blocky rhythm that reads like forgotten inscriptions on a dungeon wall or the edge of an ancient axe.

Using Dethek Stone, you can add authentic fantasy texture to RPG rulebooks, dungeon maps, board game components, book covers, and themed posters. This free font also works beautifully on props for LARP sessions or escape rooms, where the gritty, stone-cut forms help sell the illusion of age and mystery. For legibility, pair it with a clean sans serif for body text and reserve Dethek Stone at larger sizes for titles, labels, and runic clues.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c)2000 Neale Davidson
Font family
Dethek Stone
Font subfamily
Normal
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Dethek Stone Normal
Full font name
Dethek Stone Normal
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 8/10/00
Postscript font name
DethekStoneNormal

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2000-08-11
Revision1
Glyph count98
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
Dethek Stone.ttf
ttf___dethek_stone_by_tfvanguard-d37jrkx.ttf