Commercial · Serif · Bitstream
Century Schoolbook
Century Schoolbook is a licensed font from Bitstream: Complete family of 6 fonts: $171.99 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 3 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. Century Schoolbook is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Morris Fuller Benton
- Released
- 1920
- Styles
- 6
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Complete family of 6 fonts: $171.99 USD (Individual Styles from $29.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Morris Fuller Benton's 1920 text face for ATF, developed for a schoolbook publisher from Benton's research into legibility and children's eyesight; this Bitstream version has six styles.
Free alternatives to Century Schoolbook
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Century Schoolbook 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 Merriweather webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Merriweather.
commonly substituted
A sturdy screen serif with a very large x-height and open forms; the same legibility brief Benton pursued, though heavier.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Domine webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Domine.
same classification
Designed and tested for body text on the web, combining classic elements; a comparable low-contrast, open text serif.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The PT Serif webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not PT Serif.
same classification
A transitional text serif with open forms and even colour; narrower than Century Schoolbook.
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