Author's note

Mexican Motif by Lime is a free Mesoamerican-inspired dingbat font built from stylized figures, birds, hands, and ceremonial-looking symbols. Thick, irregular strokes and compact geometric details give the forms the direct quality of carved or painted pictograms.

Museums, heritage events, or craft brands could use the set for posters, packaging, and merchandise tied to ancient American themes. Since each mark reads as a small illustration rather than a conventional letter, it can become an emblem or border element for audiences interested in archaeology, folklore, and indigenous art traditions.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
©Lime 2000, from Mexican Motif ©DoverPublication
Font family
MexicanMotif
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 MexicanMotif
Full font name
MexicanMotif
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 2000-07-31
Postscript font name
MexicanMotif

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2000-07-31
Revision1
Glyph count41
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