Author's note

McKloud Shadow by Jessica Slater and Apostrophic Labs is a free cartoon display font shaped like swollen cloud puffs, with each letter swelling into soft lobes instead of conventional straight-sided forms. The repeated black shadow gives those rounded silhouettes extra lift, making the lettering feel inflated and comic rather than merely cute.

That airy bulk makes sense on kids' party invitations, candy packaging, comic headers, playful posters, and scrapbook titles where a soft outline can carry the theme. Short branding lines and sticker-style graphics also benefit from the puffed shape, since the shadow helps the letters read as buoyant graphic pieces instead of plain bubble text.

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McKloud Shadow font character map

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McKloud Shadow font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the McKloud Shadow font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
© 2001, Jessica Slater & Apostrophic Labs. All rights reserved. Email info@apostrophiclab.com or visit www.apostrophiclab.com for more information.
Font family
McKloud Shadow
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
McKloud - Shadow
Full font name
McKloud Shadow
Name table version
1.0
Postscript font name
McKloudShadow
Description
This font is dedicated to David.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2001-05-19
Revision1
Glyph count236
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightExtra-bold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 6 font weights listed below:
MCKLSH__.ttf
MCKLB___.ttf
MCKLM___.ttf
MCKLW___.ttf
MCKLST__.ttf
MCKLT___.ttf