etr1bgzb.ttf
Etruscan mid/late Bold Font
Author's note
Etruscan Mid/Late Bold, a free ancient inscription dingbat font by GZB, turns a small set of archaic signs into something direct and ceremonial. The marks are pared down to thick, smooth strokes and hooked or forked silhouettes, so the overall feel is less ornamental than carved, like symbols borrowed from an early writing system and redrawn with a bold marker.
This free font suits museum graphics, historical fiction covers, game title cards, themed posters, and chapter openers where a few signs can carry the mood fast. It also works for logos or monogram-like emblems, because the letters read more as emblematic shapes than everyday text.
This free font suits museum graphics, historical fiction covers, game title cards, themed posters, and chapter openers where a few signs can carry the mood fast. It also works for logos or monogram-like emblems, because the letters read more as emblematic shapes than everyday text.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Typeface © gzb 2001. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Etruscan mid/late Bold
Font subfamily
Bold
Unique subfamily identification
Etruscan mid/late 1.0 Bold gzb
Full font name
Etruscan mid/late Bold
Name table version
V 1.00; June 6, 2001
Postscript font name
EtruscanMLB
Designer
Description
Etruscan mid/late script has derived from Greek 'Model Alphabet' in the 7-th Century BCE, itself being developed from the Phoenician script. It was a direct predecessor of our modern Roman script. The here presented alphabet was used from the 4-th till the 1-st Century BCE by the Etruscan people of Etruria (modern Toscany in central Italy). Samples for this Font were taken from the 'Liber Linteus' (the only remaining linen book from pre-Roman times), the most significant document written in Etruscan language. Its flow was from right to left.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2001-06-07
Revision1
Glyph count224
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classSymbolic
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly right to left glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
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