Author's note

Sam's Dingbats No. 1 by Samuel Marcius is a free horror dingbats font built from goofy monsters, bones, and rubbery creature shapes. The set leans more comic-creepy than gruesome, with lopsided eyes, wavy bodies, and chunky silhouettes that make the icons feel hand-drawn and a little unruly.

It works well in Halloween flyers, party invites, zine covers, novelty packaging, and quick logo marks where a free font with character can carry the theme fast. Use it for title cards, sticker-style graphics, or short callouts when you want the artwork itself to do the talking, because these little creatures read more like cast members than neutral symbols.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
(c) by Samuel MARCIUS 1998
Font family
Sam's Dingbats No.1
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Sam's Dingbats No.1
Full font name
Sam's Dingbats No.1
Name table version
1.03b
Postscript font name
SamsDingbatsNo1
Trademark notice
® by Samuel MARCIUS 1998

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-03-30
Revision1
Glyph count66
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