Scarab Solid font by Monotype Type Drawing Office - Robin Nicholas, Patricia Saunders 1982 is a free decorative display typeface that turns every letter into a bold black scarab icon. Each character sits inside a beetle silhouette with raised legs and a rounded shell, creating a row of crisp, stamp-like glyphs that feel ancient, graphic, and slightly mysterious. The Scarab family’s Solid style reads almost like a line of carved amulets, giving your titles a strong, emblematic look that grabs attention instantly.
Using Scarab Solid, you can brand themed events, museum promotions, escape rooms, fantasy book covers, pop-up exhibits, and game titles with a unified hieroglyphic flavor in just a few keystrokes. This free font shines at large sizes where the beetle shapes stay sharp and iconic; keep supporting text in a clean geometric sans to let the scarabs take center stage.
Monotype Type Drawing Office - Robin Nicholas, Patricia Saunders 1982
Description
Contemporary sans serif design, Scarab Solid contains more humanist characteristics than many of its predecessors and as such is more in tune with the mood of the last decades of the twentieth century. The overall treatment of curves is softer and fuller than in most industrial style sans serif faces. Terminal strokes are cut on the diagonal which helps to give the face a less mechanical appearance. Arial is an extremely versatile family of typefaces which can be used with equal success for text setting in reports, presentations, magazines etc, and for display use in newspapers, Regulars1otions.Scar
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1990-08-06
Revision2
Glyph count69
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureNegative
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 3 font weights listed below: