Commercial · Serif · Monotype
Palatino Linotype
Palatino Linotype is a licensed font from Monotype: no price is printed on the pages read for it. 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. Palatino Linotype is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Hermann Zapf
- Released
- 1950
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Not read from the foundry’s page on 2026-09-04; see the page.
Hermann Zapf's Renaissance-based text roman, cut in metal by August Rosenberger at D. Stempel AG in 1950 and later adapted for Linotype machines; open counters and weighted strokes. No price read; the MyFonts page returns 404.
Free alternatives to Palatino Linotype
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Palatino Linotype 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.
same classification
A contemporary Garalde in many weights; the same Renaissance-based text-serif role as Palatino, with less calligraphic flare.
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 generous proportions; close to Palatino's open counters and classical forms.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The EB Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not EB Garamond.
same classification
A Garamond revival; similar Renaissance heritage, lighter and narrower than Palatino.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The PT Serif webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not PT Serif.
commonly substituted
A robust transitional text serif; commonly used where Palatino would be, more neutral.
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