Author's note

St Charles Ornate by Studio ROP and OMEGA Labs is a free Celtic Gothic font with a medieval, thorn-cut rhythm. The letters mix broad blackletter curves with hooked, leaf-like points and ragged notches, giving the whole design a carved, heraldic feel rather than a smooth calligraphic one.

It fits naturally in pub signs, fantasy book covers, festival posters, chapter openers, and band merch where a free font needs old-world drama without going full manuscript. Use it for short titles, monograms, or drop caps especially well, because those clawed edges and swelling curves do more work when the letters have room to show their bite.

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St Charles Ornate font character map

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St Charles Ornate font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the St Charles Ornate font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

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

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-light
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
Complete pack contains 6 font weights listed below:
Stcho___.ttf
Stcht___.ttf
stchh___.ttf
STCHARLE.TTF
Stchd___.ttf
Stched__.ttf