ThorneShaded.ttf
Thorne Shaded Font
Author's note
Thorne Shaded, Robert Thorne's free shaded display font, brings early 19th-century wood-type drama into a compact, poster-minded set of caps. The letters feel carved and theatrical, with broad serif forms paired to a heavy drop shadow that falls hard to one side, giving the font that bold Victorian signshop push.
It fits poster headlines, book covers, packaging labels, title cards, and pub or heritage branding where a little period swagger helps. As a free font, it works best in short lines and initials, because the deep shading gives even simple words the look of something printed from big old blocks.
It fits poster headlines, book covers, packaging labels, title cards, and pub or heritage branding where a little period swagger helps. As a free font, it works best in short lines and initials, because the deep shading gives even simple words the look of something printed from big old blocks.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (c) Typographer Mediengestaltung, 2002. All rights reserved. Entworfen von Robert Thorne in London. Geschnitten 1810 bei Stephenson, Blake & Co., Sheffield. Digitalisiert von Dieter Steffmann, Kreuztal.
Font family
Thorne Shaded
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
TypographerMediengestaltung: Thorne Shaded: 2002
Full font name
Thorne Shaded
Name table version
Version 1.0; 2002; initial release
Postscript font name
ThorneShaded
Designer
Dieter Steffmann
Description
Entworfen von Robert Thorne in London. Geschnitten 1810 bei Stephenson, Blake & Co., Sheffield. Digitalisiert von Dieter Steffmann, Kreuztal.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2002-06-14
Revision1
Glyph count68
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightExtra-bold
WidthExpanded
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureOutlined
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
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