Author's note

Puzzler4 by Duane R. Haut II is a free prehistoric animal dingbat font. Each symbol uses taut outlines and angular shading to depict winged reptiles with long beaks, swept wings, and a lively hand-drawn edge.

The pterosaur imagery can become part of illustrated museum posters, children's activity books, and adventure game graphics, where the symbols read as small scenes rather than ordinary lettering. For exhibition merchandise and science-themed packaging, the drawn creatures can act as pictorial emblems, linking labels and captions to fossil, flight, and excavation artwork through the same sharp contours, animated poses, and angular inner details.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(C)1999 Duane R. Haut II
Font family
Puzzler4
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Puzzler4
Full font name
Puzzler4
Name table version
Version 1.00
Postscript font name
Puzzler4
Trademark notice
None
Manufacturer name
Dungeon Dingbat
Designer
Description
Puzzler4.ttf v1.00
(C)1999 Duane Richard Haut II
goatfish@tds.net
http://www.geocities.com/~dingbatdungeon
Distribution: Freeware

Puzzler fonts are not technically true fonts. Each character in the font is a piece of a larger picture. By typing the characters into a word processor, try to put the pieces in their correct order to make the picture as shown in the bitmap file which came zipped up with the font.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1999-03-26
Revision1
Glyph count28
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 natureOutlined
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchMonospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI