Author's note

Iconus Americanus is a free historical dingbat font built from engraved figures and parchment-framed portrait emblems. Its rough line cuts recall early printed broadsides.

A museum exhibition graphic is its clearest setting, with the pictorial symbols serving as labels or section markers. They also suit historical publishing, educational posters, and heritage event materials. The recurring colonial-era clothing, parchment borders, and silhouetted busts connect the font directly to American history rather than generic ornament.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Generated by Fontographer 4.1
Font family
Iconus Americanus
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Iconus Americanus
Full font name
Iconus Americanus
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 1/29/03
Postscript font name
IconusAmericanus

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2003-01-29
Revision1
Glyph count66
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureItalic
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI