1 / 8About King Basil Font
Introducing King Basil (formerly known as Spiffy McGee, before he ascended to the throne), my largest font yet! 421 glyphs, including A-Z, a-z, 0-9, tons of punctuation, 24 ligature sets, 163 accented characters, entry swash alternates for all uppercase and lowercase letters, exit swash alternates for all lowercase characters ... this sucker has a ton of features!
All characters were hand-drawn on paper (with a Tombow brush pen), then scanned and imported, then the vectors were cleaned up and smoothed.
King Basil Full Version includes:
Uppercase characters A-Z
Lowercase characters a-z
Numbers 0-9; Full punctuation
Entry swash alternates for uppercase A-Z and lowercase a-z (mapped to Swash option, and also included in a separate "King-Basil-Left" file)
Exit swash alternates for lowercase a-z (mapped to Stylistic Alternates option, and also included in a separate "King-Basil-Right" file)
15 double-letter ligatures (mapped as ligatures, and also included in a separate "King-Basil-Doubles" file)
163 accented characters
All characters accessible through character map / PUA encoded
Note: This font is formerly known as Spiffy McGee.
How to Install King Basil Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the King Basil font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5King Basil is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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King Basil Font is a script font that shines as a display or heading face. Pair it with a clean sans-serif or serif font for body text — the contrast creates a clear hierarchy while the two styles stay balanced and easy to read.















