Commercial · Serif · Commercial Type
Lyon
Lyon is a licensed font from Commercial Type: $550, styles from $50, 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. Lyon is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Kai Bernau
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $550, styles from $50 (One-time fee for perpetual use) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
A contemporary interpretation of Robert Granjon's sixteenth-century serifs, first released as a text face and later expanded with a display size.
Free alternatives to Lyon
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Lyon 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 Garamont and Granjon's types, the same source period as Lyon; less contemporary in its drawing.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cormorant Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant Garamond.
same classification
A Garamond-derived family with display sizes comparable to Lyon Display; lighter and more delicate.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Crimson Pro webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Crimson Pro.
same classification
An old-style text serif with a modern finish, close to Lyon Text's role; softer details.
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