Author's note

Hefeweizen Ligatures by David Thometz Design is a free angular blackletter font with a compact, forceful silhouette. Its broad strokes break into sharp wedges, hooked tops, and squared joints, creating a dense rhythm across each line that recalls hand-cut medieval lettering. The uneven forms keep the texture lively rather than formal.

Traditional woodcut illustrations and heraldic emblems echo its chopped angles, making it a natural fit for beer packaging, folk festival posters, and historical game graphics. For brewery branding or medieval-themed merchandise, the lettering can become part of the emblem itself, with its pointed shapes suggesting carved timber or stamped metal.

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Hefeweizen LigaturesDTD font character map

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Hefeweizen LigaturesDTD font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Version 1.1. Copyright ©19992002 David Thometz Design. All rights reserved.
Font family
Hefeweizen
Font subfamily
LigaturesDTD
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 Hefeweizen LigaturesDTD
Full font name
Hefeweizen LigaturesDTD
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.4 1/2/04
Postscript font name
HefeweizenLigaturesDTD

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count169
Units per Em2100
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
HEFELD__.TTF
HEFEALD_.TTF