Author's note

Folkard font by David F. Nalle is a free curly retro display font that feels like it’s been pulled from the pages of a worn storybook. The chunky, irregular strokes, subtle ink-like wobble, and sweeping curves give each word a hand-crafted, slightly mystical flavor-more tavern sign and spellbook than slick poster. It’s bold and dark on the page, so short phrases and names hit with a strong, atmospheric presence.

Using Folkard, you can instantly set the mood for fantasy book covers, RPG manuals, game interfaces, renaissance fair posters, themed menus, or magic-inspired branding. This free font shines when you give it space to breathe at larger sizes and pair it with a clean serif or sans for body text, letting Folkard handle the titles and logos.

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Folkard font character map

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Folkard font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Folkard font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Folkard v1.1b - Copyright 1997, David F. Nalle - Scriptorium Font Library
Font family
Folkard
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.3 Folkard
Full font name
Folkard
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.3 11/2/97
Postscript font name
Folkard

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count168
Units per Em1600
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced