Author's note

Malacates designed in 1998 by Listemageren, is an ancient dingbat font of circular emblems and ring-shaped medallions. Spiral bands, rosette centers, and compact carved patterns run through the set, giving the ornaments one family resemblance even when the details change.

This free dingbat font is suitable for decorative dividers, crest-style logos, poster seals, invitation accents, scrapbook embellishments, and section markers, especially where a round symbolic mark has more presence than a plain bullet. The repeated circular motifs also fit border treatments and chapter breaks that need an ancient symbol without crowding the page.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Listemageren 1998 - bibliste@post2.tele.dk - postcardware.
Font family
Malacates
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Malacates
Full font name
Malacates
Name table version
02-03-98
Postscript font name
Malacates
Trademark notice
Listemageren.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-03-02
Revision1
Glyph count59
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI