Author's note

Silent Hill Nightmares, a free horror dingbats font by David Martin from 2006, channels the bleak, cut-up mood of survival horror through stark black-and-white figures and distressed title lettering. The recurring look is all dread and damaged texture - ghostly faces, strained human scenes, and grotesque mascot imagery rendered with a rough, photocopied harshness that feels closer to a found poster wall than a polished icon set.

It fits naturally in horror zines, game flyers, Halloween event graphics, underground band artwork, and eerie title cards, where the imagery can do more than decoration and set a whole scene fast. As a free font, it also makes sense for cover lines, chapter openers, and short inserts that need instant menace without leaning on generic gore.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
2006 Made by David Martin Visit 24hourbauer.co.uk for details
Font family
Silent Hill Nightmares
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Fonts@ www.24hourbauer.co.uk
Full font name
Silent Hill Nightmares
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
SilentHillNightmares
Trademark notice
Visit www.geocities.com/theknightfoughtweakly/fonts or www.24hourbauer.co.uk for details.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count222
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBold
PitchNot monospaced