Balgruf by Paul Miller β€” Blackletter Font β€” preview 11 / 3
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Loading font…

About Balgruf Font

This is a font inspired by the game 'Skyrim', if you have ever played Skyrim and read any of the books there you may have noticed that the upper case 'F' looks out of place and has a very large right side bearing. It looks like a graphic designer with no typographical experience was given the job of making an F on a very tight deadline and this is what he/she came up with. It seems to be cobbled together from pieces of other characters in the font cut up and glued together.
Once you see this mistake you cannot unsee it. As a type designer I thought I could have done better. So the question arose, how would I have done it. This font is the answer to that question.
Enjoy!

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Ornate, Gothic, Gothic
Use Case
Logos, Certificates
Ideal For
medieval themes, band merch, and tattoo lettering
Pairs With
a clean sans-serif for body text

OpenType Features

Balgruf ships with 2 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Lining figures
  • Stylistic sets (1)

How to Install Balgruf Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the Balgruf font file (.ttf or .otf).
  2. 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
  3. 3Right-click the font file.
  4. 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
  5. 5Balgruf is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
Share:

Reviews

Sign in to leave a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first!

What pairs well with Balgruf Font?

Balgruf Font is a blackletter font that shines as a display or heading face. Pair it with a clean serif or sans-serif font for body text β€” the contrast creates a clear hierarchy while the two styles stay balanced and easy to read.

Premium Blackletter Fonts

β˜… Premium

Want something with more weights, glyphs, and commercial polish? These premium blackletter fonts are worth a look.

Balgruf Font

by Paul Miller

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team Β· Updated October 2026

Free for personal use
Free for commercial use

License: Public domain / GPL / OFL

Free
More blackletter fonts