Author's note

Diabolique by Jean Midolle of Jester Font Studio is a free human-figure dingbat font built from twisted, theatrical bodies. Its shapes combine lanky limbs, bent backs, pointed profiles, and dark carved-looking masses, with upright poses alternating against compact tangles of bodies and beasts.

The figures are the lettering, not separate decoration. That direct link to illustration, along with scratchy contours and exaggerated poses, makes it suited to gothic event posters, fantasy game graphics, and theatrical merchandise centered on devils, acrobats, or grotesque characters. In publishing, the contorted silhouettes could turn chapter markers or section openers into small, strange narrative scenes.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Jester Font Studio from an original design by Jean Midolle
Font family
Diabolique
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
JeanMidolle;JesterFontStudio: Diabolique: 1834 & 2001
Full font name
Diabolique
Name table version
Version 1.0; 1834 & 2001
Postscript font name
Diabolique
Designer
Jean Midolle: Alphabet diabolique, Strasbourg, 1834
Description
Digitised by Jester Font Studio from Jean Midolle: Alphabet diabolique, Strasbourg, 1834

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2001-10-23
Revision1
Glyph count31
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classOrnamentals
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced