Elvira Dingbats
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Elvira Dingbats.ttf
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Elvira Dingbats font by Letters From The Claw is a free gothic horror dingbat typeface. Each glyph feels like an inky snapshot from a midnight movie marathon—curvy Elvira silhouettes, sharp bats, staring eyes, and dripping details all crammed into bold black rectangles. The artwork has a rough, human-drawn texture that reads instantly, even at small sizes, and stacks into a dense, cinematic strip of visual noise that oozes campy charm.
Using Elvira Dingbats, you can build instant Halloween posters, B‑movie flyers, spooky stickers, horror zines, social posts, and merch without touching a brush. The icons work beautifully as repeating borders, big focal graphics, or masked inside type for layered effects. For legible titles, pair this free font’s wild silhouettes with a clean condensed sans serif, letting the dingbats handle all the drama.
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Using Elvira Dingbats, you can build instant Halloween posters, B‑movie flyers, spooky stickers, horror zines, social posts, and merch without touching a brush. The icons work beautifully as repeating borders, big focal graphics, or masked inside type for layered effects. For legible titles, pair this free font’s wild silhouettes with a clean condensed sans serif, letting the dingbats handle all the drama.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
©1998 Letters From The Claw - Freeware! All images are ©1998 Queen "B" Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Font family
Elvira Dingbats
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Elvira Dingbats
Full font name
Elvira Dingbats
Name table version
1.1 Walpurgis Nacht Edition
Postscript font name
ElviraDingbats
Trademark notice
©1998 Letters From The Claw - Freeware! All images are ©1998 Queen "B" Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MacintoshRoman
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
Font details
Created1998-09-10
Revision1
Glyph count28
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleUnderline
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureNegative
PostureUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI