Author's note

WritersReaders by M. Klein is a free literary dingbat font built from finely drawn scenes of reading, writing, and bookish life. Its figures, furniture, birds, and draped clothing use crisp outlines and dense patches of hatching, giving each symbol the character of an antique pen-and-ink illustration.

The collection can lend a historical note to book jackets, literary magazines, printed festival programs, and museum merchandise, since every piece already reads like a compact engraving. The drawings can act as small editorial vignettes. The recurring books, pens, period dress, and watchful birds make those uses feel rooted in the culture of reading and writing rather than relying on generic decorative ornaments.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) M. Klein August 2004
Font family
WritersReaders
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
WritersReaders
Full font name
WritersReaders
Name table version
1.0 2004-08-03
Postscript font name
WritersReaders

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2004-08-03
Revision1
Glyph count203
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced