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Monotype Sabon
Monotype Sabon is a licensed font from Monotype: Complete family of 4 fonts: $145.99 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. Monotype Sabon is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Jan Tschichold, Claude Garamond
- Released
- 1967
- Styles
- 4
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Complete family of 4 fonts: $145.99 USD (Individual Styles from $34.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Monotype's cut of Jan Tschichold's 1967 Sabon, drawn from a Garamond roman and a Granjon italic on Konrad Berner's specimen sheet; four styles.
Free alternatives to Monotype Sabon
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Monotype Sabon 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
Sabon was drawn from Garamond types on the Berner specimen sheet, and EB Garamond revives the same 1592 specimen; a close relative, though EB Garamond is lighter in colour.
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 small caps and old-style figures, similar in role to Sabon for long text.
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; comparable text colour, less historical in detail.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cormorant Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant Garamond.
derived
An open Garamond-style family; more delicate and display-oriented than Sabon's sturdy text cut.
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