swap_horiz Linotype Didot Alternatives

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Sabon

Sabon is a monotype serif typeface created by Jan Tschichold in 1967. It’s notable for its design addressing inconsisten...

Serif Body Text Old Style Linotype

9.2 Excellent

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Palatino Linotype

Palatino Linotype is a monotype serif typeface originally designed in 1948 by Hermann Zapf. It’s notable for its humanis...

Serif Body Text Humanist Old Style Era 1948

9.1 Excellent

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Palatino Nova

Palatino Nova is a monotype serif typeface created in 2005. It represents a contemporary update to Hermann Zapf’s origin...

Serif Body Text Era 2005 Humanist Old Style

9.1 Excellent

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Stempel Garamond

Stempel Garamond is a serif typeface originating from a 1924 revival. It meticulously recreates the style of Claude Gara...

Serif Body Text Old Style Era 1925

9.1 Excellent

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Palatino

Palatino is a monotype serif typeface created by Hermann Zapf in 1949. It’s recognized for its humanist design drawing o...

Serif Body Text Humanist Old Style Era 1948

9.0 Excellent

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Zapfino

Zapfino is a monotype typeface created by Hermann Zapf in 1998. It’s recognized for its sophisticated design replicating...

Display Calligraphic Script Linotype

9.0 Excellent

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Sabon Next

Sabon Next is a digital typeface based on Jan Tschichold’s original Sabon design from 2002. It offers a robust serif opt...

Serif Body Text Old Style Linotype

8.9 Great

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FF Scala

Released in 1991, FF Scala is a serif typeface designed by Martin Majoor that is notable for combining Renaissance human...

Serif Body Text Era 1991 Humanist Old Style

8.8 Great

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Albertus MT

Designed by Berthold Wolpe for Monotype between 1932 and 1940, a titling face with incised letterforms inspired by bronz...

Display Serif Era 1932 Monotype Original

8.6 Great

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Cooper Black ITC

Cooper Black ITC is a heavily weighted, rounded serif display typeface originally designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 192...

Display Serif Era 1922 Itc

8.6 Great

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Perpetua

Designed by Eric Gill and released by Monotype in 1929, a transitional serif with sharply cut serifs and fine hairlines...

Display Transitional Serif Monotype Original

8.5 Great

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Centaur

Designed by Bruce Rogers in 1914 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and adapted by Monotype in 1929, based on Nicolas Je...

Display Serif Monotype Original Old Style

8.5 Great

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Monotype Bodoni

Monotype's revival of the high-contrast modern serif style developed by Giambattista Bodoni at the Stamperia Reale in Pa...

Display Serif Monotype Original Didone

8.4 Great

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Walbaum MT

A Monotype revival based on the modern-style types cut by Justus Erich Walbaum in Germany around 1800, sharing the high...

Serif Monotype Original Body Text Era 1934

8.4 Great

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Meridien

Meridien is a serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger and released in 1957, notable for being his first original text...

Transitional Serif Body Text Linotype

8.4 Great

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Janson Text

Janson Text is an Old Style serif typeface based on punches cut by Miklós Kis around 1685, notable for its bold design t...

Serif Body Text Old Style Era 1954

8.3 Great

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Trump Mediaeval

Trump Mediaeval is a serif typeface designed by Georg Trump in 1954, notable for its rugged, versatile design that was w...

Transitional Serif Body Text Era 1954

8.2 Great

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ITC Benguiat

ITC Benguiat is a notable serif typeface designed by Ed Benguiat in 1977, famous for its high contrast, dramatic flared...

Display Serif Era 1977 Itc

8.2 Great

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Bodoni MT

Monotype's digital interpretation of the high-contrast modern roman originated by Giambattista Bodoni in Parma around 17...

Display Serif Monotype Original Didone

8.1 Great

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ITC Fenice

ITC Fenice is an elegant serif typeface designed by Aldo Novarese in 1980, notable for its high contrast between thick a...

Display Serif Didone Itc

7.5 Good