Grey Magus

Grey Magus font by Conna Stevenson is a free handwritten typeface with a moody, spellbook feel. Tall, tapering strokes and sudden hooks give the letters a shaky, wand-drawn quality, as if they’ve been scratched into old parchment with inky haste. The spacing feels loose and slightly off-kilter, which adds to its eerie, enchanted character rather than trying to look neat or cute.

Using Grey Magus, your titles instantly lean into dark fantasy or occult storytelling. It shines on book covers, witchy zines, RPG character sheets, escape-room clues, Halloween posters, and band merch with a mystical edge. This free font works best large for headlines; pair it with a clean, understated sans serif for body copy so the strange, spidery forms stay readable and dramatic.

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Free for personal use only. Please contact the designer for commercial use-such as inclusion in software-to discuss a reasonable license fee.

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If you use this font in any artwork or graphics online, contact the designer at the email address or Twitter handle above.

The final version includes most accented characters. The designer will not add additional accented characters unless there are many requests for specific characters.

In 2015 the designer noted a possible future update that could add more characters and smoother shapes if a suitable free or low-cost font editor/creator can be found; Cyrillic characters may be added if feasible.