Author's note

Kingthings Petrock font by Kevin King is a free gothic medieval typeface. Its heavy, inky strokes and softly broken curves feel like they’ve been lifted from an illuminated manuscript, but with a friendlier, more rounded bite than strict blackletter. The letters cluster tightly, forming dark, textured word shapes that look hand‑inked rather than mechanically drawn, giving headlines a rich, storybook weight.

Using Kingthings Petrock instantly pulls designs into a world of castles, taverns, and torchlight-great for fantasy book covers, RPG titles, brewery or mead labels, medieval festival posters, band logos, and historical game interfaces. This free font works best big and bold; pair it with a clean sans serif for body copy to keep things readable while letting the gothic flair do the storytelling.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Kingthings Petrock © Kevin King. 2002. All Rights Reserved
Font family
Kingthings Petrock
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Kingthings: Petrock Regular:2002
Full font name
Kingthings Petrock
Name table version
Version 1.0; May 2002
Postscript font name
Kingthings Petrock
Trademark notice
Kingthings Petrock is a registered trademark of Kingthings.
Manufacturer name
High-Logic
Designer
High-Logic - Erwin Denissen 1999
Description
Template

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-08-30
Revision1
Glyph count247
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 3 font weights listed below:
Kingthings Petrock.ttf
Kingthings Petrock light.ttf
Kingthings Petrock light.ttf