Fanwood Text

Serif · by Barry Schwartz · 2 styles

Download

FanwoodText.zip · 215 KB · 3 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
Yes
Scripts
Latin
Best for
  • Literary and book settings
  • Period typography
  • Aligned tables and figures
Consider alternatives for
  • Small text sizes
  • Languages beyond basic Latin
  • Hierarchies that need several weights
Characteristics
  • Historical revival
  • Old-style figures
  • Historical forms
  • Small x-height
  • Large glyph set

Styles

32px

  1. Fanwood Text Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Fanwood Text Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  3. Fanwood Text Italic 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  4. Fanwood Text Italic 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Old-style digits are the default, but the file also carries lining figures and its own small capitals, so a table of figures or an acronym in running text can switch style without leaving the face.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

About Fanwood Text

About
Barry Schwartz's revival of Rudolph Ruzicka's Fairfield from 1940, slightly darker and lower in contrast for e-book readers. Roman and italic.
Designer
Barry Schwartz
Version
1.1001
Category
Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1

You may use, embed, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial projects. The font files may not be sold on their own. Read the full license (OFL.txt).

Copyright (c) 2011, Barry Schwartz (chemoelectric@chemoelectric.org)

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository; the WOFF2 files used for the previews on this page are compressed from them. Added to Google Fonts 31 Aug 2011.

Upstream project: github.com/theleagueof/fanwood.

Available styles
  • Regular 400
  • Italic 400
Available formats
  • TTF download
  • WOFF2 web preview
Character sets
Latin