Author's note

Fabeldyr font by Listemageren is a free fantasy dingbat typeface. Each glyph feels like it’s been carved from an old bestiary: inky griffins mid‑pounce, solemn sun faces ringed with jagged rays, horned skulls, and mischievous little devils with scratchy, woodcut-style shading. The artwork has a slightly rough, hand-printed texture that makes layouts feel tactile, as if pulled straight from an ancient folio or alchemist’s notebook.

Using Fabeldyr, you can drop ready‑made illustrations into RPG rulebooks, tarot or oracle cards, dark fantasy book covers, gothic posters, zines, and occult-themed packaging without hunting for separate artwork. The icons hold up well at larger sizes, so treat them as bold focal points and pair this free font with a simple serif or plain sans to keep your typography from competing with the creatures.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Listemageren 1997 - bibliste@post2.tele.dk - postcardware.
Font family
Fabeldyr
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Fabeldyr
Full font name
Fabeldyr
Name table version
2.0 24-08-97
Postscript font name
Fabeldyr
Trademark notice
Bibliomanen 1997

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-04-13
Revision1
Glyph count43
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 4 font weights listed below:
Fabeldyr.ttf
FABEL_1.ttf
FABEL_2.ttf
FABEL_3.ttf