Author's note

Tuscarora, by David F. Nalle, is a free curly distorted display font with a strange old-storybook mood. The letters feel warped and hand-cut, with heavy, uneven strokes, drooping serifs, and spiral curls that give the font a slightly haunted, folk-art character rather than a neat historical revival.

It fits poster titles, fantasy book covers, themed event flyers, game splash screens, and pub or festival branding where a rough period flavor helps set the scene. As a free font, it also works well for short headlines, chapter openers, and monograms, since those hooked curls and lopsided shapes carry plenty of atmosphere in just a few letters.

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Tuscarora font character map

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Tuscarora font character map: Basic Latin, page 1

Glyphs in the Tuscarora font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
Tuscarora - Demo Version - Copyright 1997, David F. Nalle - Scriptorium Font Library. To register this font and get the complete version plus a whole disk of new fonts send $18 to Ragnarok, POB 140333, Austin, TX 78714
Font family
Tuscarora
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.3 Tuscarora
Full font name
Tuscarora
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 4.0.3 4/30/97
Postscript font name
Tuscarora

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count94
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced