Author's note

Human Heads by Manfred Klein is a free cartoon portrait dingbat font built from hand-drawn faces. Its uneven outlines, exaggerated features, and changing hairstyles make each head feel like a quick pen sketch. The expressions do most of the work.

Children's activity sheets are an especially good fit because the varied faces can mark puzzles, jokes, and moments of surprise for young readers. The heads also suit party invitations, comic publishing, and playful merchandise, where their simple inked forms can become characters within the surrounding illustration rather than serving only as decorative symbols.

Tags

HumanHeads font character map

Please use the pulldown menu to view different character maps contained in this font.
HumanHeads font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the HumanHeads font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2.05 M. Klein
Font family
HumanHeads
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
HumanHeads
Full font name
HumanHeads
Name table version
1.0 2005-02-24
Postscript font name
HumanHeads

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-02-26
Revision1
Glyph count228
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureOutlined
PitchNot monospaced