Author's note

Lachish Bold, created by Jack Kilmon, is a free ancient-script dingbats font built from sharp, calligraphic marks that feel cut with a reed pen. The forms lean into swift diagonals, hooked finishes, and tapered wedges, giving the set a brisk, inscriptional rhythm rather than a decorative ornament feel.

This free font makes sense for archaeology-themed posters, museum graphics, historical book covers, game title cards, and chapter openers where a few signs can signal an older written world fast. It also suits logos, monograms, and short display accents, because the marks read like compact symbols instead of ordinary letters.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Created by Jack Kilmon
Font family
Lachish
Font subfamily
Bold
Unique subfamily identification
Lachish Bold
Full font name
Lachish Bold
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 5/5/95
Postscript font name
LachishBold
Trademark notice
Created by Jack Kilmon

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1995-05-06
Revision1
Glyph count26
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleItalic
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureItalic
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBold
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI