Commercial · Serif · Monotype
Bembo Book
Bembo Book is a licensed font from Monotype: Complete family of 4 fonts: $104.99 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 4 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Bembo Book is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Francesco Griffo, Monotype Design Studio
- Styles
- 4
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Complete family of 4 fonts: $104.99 USD (Individual Styles from $34.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Monotype's text-size cut of Bembo for book setting, based on the 1929 revival of Griffo's roman; four styles.
Free alternatives to Bembo Book
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Bembo Book is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The EB Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not EB Garamond.
same classification
A revival of sixteenth-century old-style types that descend from the Aldine model Bembo is based on; similar proportions, lighter serifs.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cardo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cardo.
same classification
An old-style face made for classicists and scholars; comparable Renaissance proportions and a large character set.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Crimson Pro webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Crimson Pro.
same classification
A contemporary Garalde in many weights; close in text colour to Bembo, less historical in detail.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cormorant Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant Garamond.
same classification
A display-oriented old-style family; more delicate than Bembo, suited to titles.
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