Author's note

Kawung Textile by Adien Gunarta is a free decorative display font centered on the repeating four-petal geometry of Indonesian kawung patterning. Broad capitals act as frames for the dense ornament, with curved cutouts and sharp diagonals keeping each silhouette distinct.

For textile branding, the patterned letters echo printed cloth and become part of the product imagery. Cultural event posters and craft packaging gain a direct link to traditional geometric decoration, despite their different formats. Textile labels are its most convincing use because the motif speaks directly to the material.

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Batik Kawung

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright Adien Gunarta 2011
Font family
Kawung Textile
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FontStruct Kawung Textile
Full font name
Kawung Textile Regular
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
Kawung-Textile
Trademark notice
FontStruct is a trademark of FSI FontShop International GmbH
Manufacturer name
http://fontstruct.com
Designer
Adien Gunarta
Description
Kawung Textile was built with FontStruct

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2011-04-07
Revision1
Glyph count89
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classSans serif
WeightExtra-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular