✦ DisplayBold & expressive — made to grab attention in headlines
About This Font
Dead Meal – A Gothic Feast of Letters
Dead Meal is a hauntingly elegant display type that marries medieval manuscript charm with modern edge. Its thick, serifed strokes echo ancient stone carvings, while subtle flourishes hint at a subtle, almost playful bite. The overall mood is dramatic and mysterious, perfect for projects that need a touch of dark sophistication. This font feels alive, as if each character has been carved from a forgotten tombstone, yet it remains highly legible and versatile.
Use Dead Meal to transform wedding invitations, horror movie posters, or luxury brand identities into something unforgettable. Its bold presence works well for headlines, book covers, and signage, while the refined lower case lends itself to long-form text when paired with a lighter companion. Graphic designers can layer it with distressed textures or metallic gradients to amplify its gothic allure. In editorial layouts, the font’s unique weight contrast adds visual hierarchy without sacrificing readability.
Key Features
• Gothic serif display type, ideal for editorial, branding, and print
• Best for wedding invites, horror films, luxury packaging, and architectural graphics
• Includes PUA characters, ligatures, and alternate glyphs for creative customization
• Available in TTF, OTF, and WOFF with full Unicode support
Elevate your design narrative with Dead Meal, and let every letter tell a story of timeless intrigue.
Type your words, set them in any of our 80,000+ fonts,
and export a clean SVG — or a transparent PNG, or a finished mockup on a
t-shirt, tote or mug. No sign-up, no watermark.
How it works
Three steps, entirely in your browser.
STEP 1
Type your text
Your own words, live — names, quotes, a shop slogan.
STEP 2
Pick a font and a surface
Preview it flat, or dropped onto a t-shirt, tote, mug, tumbler or journal.
STEP 3
Export
SVG for cutting machines, transparent PNG for print, or the full mockup image.
What you can export
Every format comes out at full quality, free.
SVGTrue vector outlines — the format Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio and Illustrator expect. Scales to any size without softening.
PNGTransparent background at high resolution, ready for sublimation, DTF or any print-on-demand upload.
MockupYour design rendered on a real product photo — useful for a listing image or showing a client before you cut anything.
What people make with it
Cricut & Silhouette cut filesT-shirt and apparel graphicsSublimation & DTF transfersEtsy listing mockupsTumbler and mug wrapsWedding signageLogo and wordmark drafts
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark and no export limit. The tool runs in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.
Will the SVG work in Cricut Design Space?
Yes — the export is a true vector path, not an image traced into one, so it uploads and cuts cleanly. The same file opens in Silhouette Studio, Illustrator, Inkscape and Figma.
Can I sell what I make?
That depends on the font, not on the tool — each font page states its licence. Many are free for personal use with a commercial licence available from the original designer, and the licence line links straight to the source.
Do I need to install the font first?
No. The font loads in the page, so you can set your text and export without installing anything. You can still download the font file separately if you want it on your system.
