Commercial · Serif · Adobe
Minion
Minion is a licensed font from Adobe: Complete family of 64 fonts: $598.00 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. Minion is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Robert Slimbach
- Styles
- 65
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Complete family of 64 fonts: $598.00 USD (Individual Styles from $29.00 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Robert Slimbach's text face inspired by late-Renaissance types, drawn for digital setting; the MyFonts family lists 65 styles including optical sizes.
Free alternatives to Minion
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Minion 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 Crimson Pro webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Crimson Pro.
commonly substituted
A contemporary Garalde in eight weights, built for book-length reading; the usual free choice for Minion's late-Renaissance role.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Crimson Text webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Crimson Text.
same classification
A Garamond-inspired book face with old-style figures and small caps; similar text colour, fewer weights.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The EB Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not EB Garamond.
same classification
A close Garamond revival; more historical in detail than Minion's rationalised drawing.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cardo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cardo.
same classification
An old-style scholarly face with wide language coverage; comparable in feel, one weight plus bold and italic.
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