Best Old Style

The Monotype Dante typeface was created in 1954 by Giovanni Mardersteig with punches crafted by Charles Malin for the Officina Bodoni press. This original monotype design is celebrated as a pinnacle of 20th-century typefaces, particularly noted for its elegant serif style and echoes of classic old-s...

Stempel Garamond is a serif typeface originating from a 1924 revival. It meticulously recreates the style of Claude Garamond’s original 16th-century typefaces. This monotype design remains notable for its elegant appearance and suitability for body text, particularly in applications requiring an old...

The Bembo Book is a monotype typeface based on the original Bembo design from 1929. It represents a specific optical size variation created to enhance readability in smaller book formats. The adjustments—particularly modified stroke weights and spacing—were developed for improved legibility within b...

Sabon Next is a digital typeface based on Jan Tschichold’s original Sabon design from 2002. It offers a robust serif option suitable for body text and print projects. The expanded family includes various weights and italics, providing flexibility for designers working with older style influences or...

Monotype Caslon is a serif typeface rooted in William Caslon I’s original designs from 1722. This revival, produced in 1922, remains notable for its enduring quality and legibility. It's a classic choice for body text applications and suits readers and designers valuing traditional typography and th...

Bembo is a serif typeface originating from a 1929 Monotype revival. It’s based on the original type cut for Pietro Bembo's *De Aetna*, a landmark humanist book printed in 1495 by Aldus Manutius. The font remains notable for its connection to early Renaissance typography and is suitable for body text...

ITC Galliard is a classic monotype serif typeface originally designed in 1978 by Matthew Carter. It’s notable for its faithful recreation of 16th-century French types created by Robert Granjon. The design emphasizes readability and elegance, making it suitable for body text in print projects and app...

Joanna MT is a monotype typeface originally designed by Eric Gill around 1930. Notable for its unique blend of Roman and Greek letter forms, it features minimal bracketed serifs creating an old-style aesthetic. The font was commercially produced by Monotype in 1937 and remains suitable for body text...

Monotype Garamond is an old-style serif typeface released in 1922, based on the types of 17th-century French punchcutter Jean Jannon. The Monotype Corporation originally marketed the design as a revival of Claude Garamond's work, a misconception that persisted until later scholarly research confirme...

Centaur is an old-style serif typeface designed by Bruce Rogers in 1914, initially created for a limited edition book published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The design is directly modeled after the roman typeface cut by Nicolas Jenson in Venice around 1470, featuring a delicate, Renaissance hu...

Century Old Style is a classic serif typeface designed by Linn Boyd Benton and released by the American Type Founders company in 1908. It was created as a slightly narrower and more refined alternative to the earlier Century Roman, specifically engineered to provide exceptional legibility in long te...

Ehrhardt is a serif typeface produced by Monotype in 1938, based on historical types originally cut by the Hungarian punchcutter Miklós Kis in Amsterdam during the 1680s. The matrices for these old-style letters were later acquired by the Ehrhardt foundry in Leipzig, Germany, which gave the subseque...

Janson Text is an Old Style serif typeface derived from punches originally cut by the Hungarian punchcutter Miklós Kis around 1685. The design was historically misattributed to the Dutch printer Anton Janson, leading to the enduring name used for modern revivals. Contemporary digital versions are ba...

Goudy Old Style is a classic serif typeface designed by American type designer Frederic Goudy in 1915 for the American Type Founders company. The design is categorized as an Old Style serif, drawing inspiration from Renaissance letterforms while incorporating Goudy's distinct details. It features a...

Van Dijck MT is an Old Style serif typeface released by the Monotype Corporation in 1935. It is a revival of the historical types originally cut by Christoffel van Dijck, a prominent Dutch punchcutter who worked in Amsterdam during the 17th century. The typeface features strong, vertical strokes and...

Plantin is a serif typeface designed by Frank Hinman Pierpont and released by the Monotype Corporation in 1913. The design is a scholarly revival of 16th-century French Renaissance types originally used by the printer Christophe Plantin, whose artifacts are preserved in the Plantin-Moretus Museum in...

FF Clifford is an old-style serif typeface designed by Akira Kobayashi for FontFont. Its forms draw on Renaissance and later book typography, with calligraphic details, carefully shaped italics, and proportions intended for sustained reading. The family is suited to books, magazines, and other edito...

Berthold Garamond is an old-style serif typeface released by the H. Berthold type foundry as a 20th-century revival of the classic Garamond style. The design traces its roots back to the 16th-century punchcutter Claude Garamont, adapting his historical letterforms for modern typesetting technologies...

ITC Giovanni is an old-style serif typeface released by the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1988. Designed by Peter Noordzij, the typeface is distinguished by its clear historical roots in the typography of the Italian Renaissance. It draws inspiration from the classical proportions and...

ITC Berkeley Old Style is a serif typeface designed by Tony Stan and released by the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1983. The design is a contemporary revival of Frederic Goudy's classic University of California Old Style, which was originally created in 1938 for the university's press....

Monotype Old Style is a serif typeface based on 15th-century Venetian models, particularly the work of Nicolas Jenson, originally cut by the Monotype Corporation in 1901 for mechanical typesetting. The design features moderate contrast between thick and thin strokes with bracketed serifs, making it...

ITC Caslon 224 is a revival of the classic Caslon serif typefaces, designed by Ed Benguiat and released by the International Typeface Corporation in 1983.

ITC Garamond is a serif typeface designed by Tony Stan in 1970, notable for its unusually large x-height which modernizes the traditional 16th-century Garamond style.

Book Antiqua is a serif typeface created by Monotype in the 1990s as a metrically compatible clone of Hermann Zapf’s Palatino, primarily bundled with Microsoft software.