Author's note

St Charles, a free Celtic Gothic font from Studio ROP and OMEGA Labs, leans into the medieval manuscript tradition with broad, curling letters and sharp, hooked finishes. The rhythm feels old-world and ceremonial, while the rounded sweep of forms like S and C keeps it from turning severe.

This free font fits projects that want a liturgical or historic note - book covers, pub signs, festival posters, museum graphics, and title cards all make sense here. It also works well for short headings, initials, and monograms, because the letters carry enough carved, calligraphic character to hold attention without needing much text.

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Basic font information

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

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-09-11
Revision1
Glyph count100
Units per Em900
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
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
Complete pack contains 6 font weights listed below:
STCHARLE.TTF
Stcho___.ttf
Stcht___.ttf
stchh___.ttf
Stchd___.ttf
Stched__.ttf