Author's note

Zillah, Erico Lebedenco's free modern Gothic font, turns blackletter into something leaner and more urban. The letters mix tall, blocky verticals with sharp sliced joins and a few rounded openings, so the texture feels both medieval and pared back, with a rhythm that reads more like signage than ornament.

That makes it a natural fit for music posters, streetwear branding, book covers, title cards, and short editorial headers where a free font needs a tougher historical edge without going full antique. It also works well for monograms and logo-style wordmarks, because those narrow uprights and cut-in angles give even a brief name a strict, almost architectural silhouette.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright Érico Lebedenco 2008
Font family
Zillah
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
FontStruct Zillah
Full font name
Zillah Regular
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
Zillah
Trademark notice
FontStruct is a trademark of FSI FontShop International GmbH
Manufacturer name
http://fontstruct.fontshop.com
Designer
Érico Lebedenco
Description
This font was created using FontStruct (http://fontstruct.fontshop.com)

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2008-05-18
Revision1
Glyph count127
Units per Em1024
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthCondensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular