Author's note

St Charles Dark, by Studio ROP and OMEGA Labs, is a free Celtic Gothic font with a carved, medieval pull. The letters mix broad, sweeping curves with sharp hooked cuts, giving the font that old manuscript and stone-inscription mood without feeling fussy.

It fits naturally in pub branding, festival posters, album covers, book jackets, and title cards where a historic or folklore tone matters more than neutrality. As a free font, it also makes sense for short headlines, chapter openers, and monograms, since those dramatic bends and pointed joins carry plenty of character in just a few letters.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright 1998 Studio ROP & OMEGA Labs - FREEWARE!
Font family
St Charles Dark
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
St Charles Dark
Full font name
St Charles Dark
Name table version
1.00
Postscript font name
StCharlesDark

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-09-11
Revision1
Glyph count102
Units per Em900
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightSemi-bold
WidthSemi-expanded
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
Complete pack contains 6 font weights listed below:
Stchd___.ttf
Stcho___.ttf
Stcht___.ttf
stchh___.ttf
STCHARLE.TTF
Stched__.ttf