Author's note

Germanic Runes by Daniel Steven Smith is a free runic dingbats font with a sharp medieval voice. The letters lean on straight strokes, pointed joins, and forked, carved-looking ends that make the set feel cut from wood or stone rather than written with a pen.

It fits naturally in fantasy book covers, folk music posters, game title cards, pagan event flyers, and moody branding where a ritual or old-world tone matters. As a free font, it is most convincing in short words, monograms, and drop-cap moments, because those hard angles and rune-like silhouettes carry the atmosphere before you even read the forms.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
©copyright - 1996 - Daniel Steven Smith
Font family
Germanic Runes
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FontMonger:Germanic Runes
Full font name
Germanic Runes
Postscript font name
GermanicRunes

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count114
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 3 font weights listed below:
RUNE_G.TTF
RUNE_G1.TTF
RUNE_G2.TTF