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There exist many typefaces or font families based on J.R.R. Tolkien's work or its adaptations.
Tengwar
Smith layout
These are typefaces that use Dan Smith’s 1998 encoding, or use encodings derived from it (such as adding OpenType features). This means they replace Latin letters with Tengwar glyphs.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tengwar Annatar | Johan Winge | 2004 | Tengwar Annatar comes in several styles, with the italic being modelled after the Ring-inscription. |
| Tengwar Noldor | Dan Smith | 1998 | Its straight and angular design has been described as "Dwarvish" in appearance.[1] |
| Tengwar Gothika | Enrique Mombello | 2005 | Inspired by Gothic script. |
| Tengwar Quenya | Dan Smith | 1998 | |
| Tengwar Ariador | Igor Voloshin | 2025 | Comes with an option for its own specific encoding. |
| Tengwar Sindarin | Dan Smith | 1998 | |
| Tengwar Galvorn & Mornedhel | Josh Griffing | 2004 | Two variants of the same Sindarin mode design. |
| Tengwar Parmaite | Måns Björkman | 2001 | Artist's interpretation of the book-hand style named after Parmaitë. Mildly deviates from Smith's encoding. |
| Elbic Caslon | Peter Wiegel | 2009 | Designed to match the Caslon typeface. |
| Tengwar Elfica | Enrique Mombello | 2003 | |
| Greifswalder Tengwar | Peter Wiegel | 2009 | |
| TengwarOptime | Peter Wiegel | 2009 | A sans-serif design. |
| Tengwar Teleri | Josh Griffing | 2003 | Originates from a call for conceptual Tengwar designs. |
| Tengwar Formal | Michał Nowakowski | 2009 | An artist's interpretation of the formal book-hand style. |
| Tengwar Hereno | Paulo Otto | 1994 | Vintage typeface later converted to Smith encoding by Ronald Kyrmse. |
| Tengwar Cursive | Harri Perälä | 2000 | A cursive font, which the author considers obsolete and replaced with Tengwar Annatar. |
| Tengwar Naïve | Johan Winge | 1997 | A precursor to Tengwar Annatar. |
| Tengwar Gandalf the White | Michael S. Elliott | 2005 | Not currently available for download. |
| Elfetica | Ronald Kyrmse | Sans-serif typeface inspired by Helvetica. AnonMoos later revised it as TengwarElfetica. | |
| Tengwar Sindarinwa | Mr. Salamandir | Based on Tengwar Gandalf V1. Formerly known as Tengwar Medium. | |
| Tengwar Ingolme | Helmut W. Pesch | 2021 | Sans-serif typeface inspired by VAG Rounded, intended for keyboard stickers. |
| Tengwar Silúmie | Tamas Ferencz | 2020 | Experimental typeface deviating from Smith's encoding to reduce keystrokes. |
| Tengwar Typewriter | Jeff Anderson | Sindarin mode typewriter font, deviates from Smith's encoding. | |
| Tengwar Yantaina | Nate Reinar Windwood | Dan Smith’s Tengwar Sindarin, modified to include a transcriber for Classical Mode using OpenType substitutions. | |
| Tengwar Sans | pachelbelsheadcanon | Family of fonts inspired by Comic Sans |
Unicode fonts
These typefaces follow the code points assigned in the ConScript Unicode Registry, as championed by the Tengwar Free Font Project. This allows them to also support other scripts.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code2000/2001 | James Kass | 1998, 2012 | General Unicode fonts that also cover Tengwar and Cirth. |
| Tengwar Telcontar | Johan Winge | 2005 | Tengwar typeface with many additional features, such as an underlined mode.[1] |
| Constructium | KreativeKorp | A fork of SIL Gentium focused on constructed languages. It covers Tengwar and Cirth. | |
| Eldamar | Måns Björkman | Unicode font which covers Tengwar, Valmaric, Pre-Feanorian, Rúmilian and the New English Alphabet. Some writing systems previously existed as separate typefaces, such as a Smith-encoded Tengwar font. | |
| Tengwar Beleriand | Enrique Mombello | 2008 | |
| Fairfax HD | KreativeKorp | Halfwidth scalable monospace font with Tengwar and Cirth support. | |
| FreeMonoTengwar | A derivative of FreeMono, adding Tengwar support. | ||
| Alcarin Tengwar | Toshi Omagari | 2023 | Based on the Brill typeface. |
| Tengwar Nenya | Shankar Sivarajan | 2023 | Designed to be an italic companion to Alcarin Tengwar. |
| Tengwar Artano | Shankar Sivarajan | 2022 | Unicode conversion of Johan Winge's Tengwar Annatar Italic |
| Tengwar Formal CSUR | Unicode conversion of Michal Nowakowski's Tengwar Formal | ||
| Tengwar Gondolin | Shankar Sivarajan | 2022 | Based on the Libertinus font family |
| Tengwar Hanno | Shankar Sivarajan | 2022 | Based on Baloo 2 by Ek Type. |
| Tengwar Pixel | Shankar Sivarajan | 2023 | A pixelated typeface, inspired by the Pokémon games for Game Boy Advance. |
| Tengwar Rácina | Shankar Sivarajan | 2022 | Combines glyphs from Tengwar Gothika by Enrique Mombello and Chomsky by Fredrick Brennan. |
| Tengwar Telperinquaro (Tengwar Tellepsalinnacontar) | Bas van Hoorn aka Tencedil | 2010 | |
| Tengwar Míriel | Shankar Sivarajan | 2023 | Based on Tengwar Telperinquaro. |
| Tengwar Comixánessë | Shankar Sivarajan | 2025 | Comic Sans inspired typeface, reusing glyphs from pachelbelsheadcanon's Tengwar Sans. |
TengTeX Fonts
TengTeX is a package for typesetting Tengwar using LaTeX. These fonts are designed to be used with it.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Modern Tengwar | Ivan A. Derzhanski | 2002 | |
| Computer Roman Tengwar | Ivan A. Derzhanski | 2002 | |
| Teng10 | Julian Bradfield | 1991 | |
| Tengwar | Michael Urban | 1988, 1994 |
Miscellaneous
The encoding of these fonts is unknown. They may use Dan Smith's encoding, or unique encodings that predate it.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moroma | Lawrence M. Schoen | Pre-Created by the author and founder of the Klingon Language Institute. | |
| Tengwanda Gothic | Deniart | 2011 | Blackletter. |
| Tengwanda Namarie | Deniart | 2011 | Cursive. |
| Tengwar Gandalf Classic | Michael S. Elliott | Pre-Two versions. | |
| Tengwar New | Marcin Przybys | Tengwar Helvetica (“Hengwar”.)* | |
| Tengwar Kids | Erunno Alcarinillo | 2016 | Conceptual font based on children's handwriting. Not currently available for download. |
| Tengwar 3, 4, 5 | Paolo Alberto Otto | 1994 |
Tengwar-Style Latin
These are typefaces that use Latin script, but are designed to look like Tengwar.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvish Ring NFI | Norfolk Incredible Font Design | 2002 | |
| Half-Elven | Daniel Zadorozny | 2012 | Comes in 11 different styles.[1] |
| Latin Artano | Shankar Sivarajan | Latin counterpart to Tengwar Artano. | |
| Tencele Latinwa | Ronald Kyrmse | 2003 | Derived from Måns Björkman's Tengwar Parmaite |
| Tengwar Sindarin | Vasil Stanev | 2017 | Based on Dan Smith's Tengwar Sindarin. |
| Fanjofey AH | Andreas Höfeldk | Latin alphabet with Tengwar affectations. | |
| I Can’t Believe It’s Not Elvish! | Mike Afford |
Runic typefaces
Various runic scripts. See also the Tengwar Unicode section above, for some of them cover Cirth.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angerthas | Bruce Kvam | ||
| Angerthas Moria | Morten Bek | 1997 | |
| Dwarf Runes | Daniel Smith | 1998 | |
| Cirth Erebor | Daniel Smith | 1998 |
Other typefaces related to Tolkien.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolkienesque | Mike Afford | Inspired by Tolkien's calligraphy. Used in Cubicle 7's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. | |
| Legendarium | Madison Apple | 2015 | Inspired by Tolkien's calligraphy. |
| Christmas Letters | Mike Afford | Inspired by Letters from Father Christmas. | |
| Baynes | Mike Afford | Inspired by Pauline Baynes's maps. |
Adaptational typefaces
Peter Jackson trilogy
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringbearer Medium | Pete Klassen | 2002 | Designed to match the trilogy's logo. |
| Aniron | Pete Klassen | 2004 | Designed to match the end credits of the trilogy. Also used by Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game for headings. |
| MiddleEarth | Ioanna Ladopoulou | 2004 | Another typeface based on the ending titles. |
| Kereru | Daniel Reeve | The italic font of this family is Frodo's handwriting, previously available as "Shire Regular". The family is also used by Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game, for Gandalf's introductory letter. | |
| Shire Spidery | Daniel Reeve | Bilbo's uneven handwriting. | |
| Bilbo Hand | Nancy Lorenz | 2002 | A fan-created typeface presumably meant to match the previous typeface. |
| Hobbiton | Nancy Lorenz | 2001 | Typeface inspired by Hobbiton signs. |
| Hobbiton Brush hand | Nancy Lorenz | 2001 | Typeface inspired by Hobbiton signs. |
| Party Business | Nancy Lorenz | 2002 | Typeface inspired by the sign on Bilbo's door. |
Other adaptations
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| InitialRing | Alvaro Tapia & Niklas Brandt | 2022 | Initials from Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game, digitized by a fan in 2025 based on artwork from the aforementioned designers. |
Existing typefaces
Sometimes pre-existing typefaces are used in Tolkien-related media.
| Font | Author | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albertus MT | Berthold Wolpe | 1932 | The font from the movie subtitle ("The Fellowship of the Ring") of the "Lord of the Rings" logo. Also used for the logo of Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. |
| New Baskerville | John Baskerville | 1757 | Lesser headings and body text in Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. |
| Niveau Grotesk | Hannes von Döhren | 2013 | Sidebars and tables in Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. |
| Kalam | Indian Type Foundry | 2014 | Used in Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. |
| Minion Pro | Robert Slimbach | 1990 | Used in Free League's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. |
| Alois | Main text in Cubicle 7's The One Ring Roleplaying Game. |
External links
- Tengwar na PC : fonty Polish page with a list of tengwar fonts with their links.
- Purchase Tolkien Fonts from Daniel Reeve
- Dan Smith's Fantasy Fonts
- The Hutt's Tolkien Fonts Collection, including several fantasy fonts
- Complete Tengwar Fonts Guide on Reddit