Author's note

Throrian Formal by Bill Roach is a free decorative display font with the eccentric elegance of storybook capitals. Tall, narrow letters carry sweeping curves, split strokes, and hooked flourishes that recall illuminated manuscripts without copying standard blackletter forms. Uneven contours and lively changes in stroke width give the alphabet a hand-drawn, theatrical quality.

Its medieval fantasy character suits role-playing games, historical-fantasy book covers, and themed event posters. The font is most convincing when the lettering becomes part of the setting, turning a title into an ornate inscription or a sign from an imagined kingdom.

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Licensed under SIL/OFL 1.1. Free for commercial and non-commercial use.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Throrian Formal© Bill Roach. 2012. OFL / SIL 1.1
Font family
Throrian Formal
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Throrian Formal:Version 1.00
Full font name
Throrian Formal
Name table version
Version 1.00 April 15, 2012, initial release
Postscript font name
ThrorianFormal
Designer
Bill Roach / W.K. Roach
Description
"Throrian Formal" is a hand drawn type set loosely based upon the lettering styles found upon the literary maps of author J.R.R. Tolkien - but this letter set is NOT a direct duplication of any pre-existing typesets, either created by J.R.R. Tolkien - or any other author. It is also inspired by traditional Gaelic and Germanic gothic / medieval lettering styles and illuminated scripts.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2012-04-15
Revision1
Glyph count236
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
Throrian_Formal.ttf
Throrian_Commonface.ttf