Author's note

Whirlygigs by Gabrielle Gaither is a free ornamental dingbat font built around rosettes, loops, and medallion-like emblems. The set leans into a late-90s esoteric craft mood, with repeating petal forms, concentric rings, and knotted floral geometry that makes the symbols feel halfway between folk ornament and kaleidoscope.

Use this free font where a single mark can carry the composition - on invitation seals, scrapbook pages, candle or soap labels, zine covers, and short title cards. The circular motifs work especially well as drop-in ornaments, badge centers, or small dividers because the letters are really little finished frames in themselves.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Created by Gabrielle Gaither (c) copyright 1998 $2 non-commercial shareware to P.O. Box 1121 Springfield, VA 22151-0121 http://members.xoom.com/gaitherg
Font family
whirlygigs
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 whirlygigs
Full font name
whirlygigs
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 12/19/98
Postscript font name
Whirlygigs

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1998-12-19
Revision1
Glyph count57
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classSymbolic
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