Author's note

Naxos, designed by GBL of Pistoia, is a free Greek display font with a crisp, classical mood. The letters mix clean geometric rounds with distinctly Greek turns and hooked strokes, so the font feels both modern and rooted in inscriptional forms.

It fits naturally in travel branding, restaurant menus, cultural posters, museum graphics, and book covers, where a free font with this Hellenic flavor can carry the theme without drifting into novelty. Use it for short headlines, title cards, or monogram-like initials when you want the rounded shapes and sharp Greek cues to do the talking.

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some fonts for typing ancient greek with all spirits and accents with authomatic positioning over and under characters

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Designed by: Graphic Service/GBL - Pistoia -Italy © 1995
Font family
Naxos
Font subfamily
Normal
Unique subfamily identification
GBL:Naxos-Normal
Full font name
Naxos-Normal
Name table version
1.0 Fri Sep 15 09:58:14 1995
Postscript font name
Naxos-Normal

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count131
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
NAXOSN.TTF
NAXOSBI.TTF
NAXOSB.TTF
NAXOSI.TTF