Author's note

Gnome Splinters by Andrew McCluskey is a free modern Gothic display font with towering narrow capitals and a severe cut-paper silhouette. Long verticals are split by blade-like wedges, and the changing stroke widths make the lettering look fractured rather than mechanically uniform.

Music posters are a natural setting for its jagged scale and tense vertical pull. The same splintered shapes suit horror game graphics, experimental album covers, and dark festival merchandise, with letters that resemble torn or weapon-like imagery. For event branding or a niche product label, the sharp cuts can become a recurring emblem across signs, packaging, and promotional artwork.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright Andrew McCluskey 2012
Font family
Gnome Splinters
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FontStruct Gnome Splinters
Full font name
Gnome Splinters Regular
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
Gnome-Splinters
Trademark notice
FontStruct is a trademark of FSI FontShop International GmbH
Manufacturer name
http://fontstruct.com
Designer
Andrew McCluskey
Description
Gnome Splinters was built with FontStruct

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2012-09-16
Revision1
Glyph count216
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthCondensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular