Commercial · Serif · Commercial Type
Portrait
Portrait is a licensed font from Commercial Type: $750, 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. Portrait is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Berton Hasebe
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $750, styles from $50 (One-time fee for perpetual use) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
A sharply minimalist depiction of French Renaissance types, marrying classical proportions with triangular Latin serifs; a collection of four families.
Free alternatives to Portrait
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Portrait 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 Cormorant Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant Garamond.
same classification
A refined French Renaissance-derived serif with sharp details; more traditional than Portrait's pared-down forms.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The EB Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not EB Garamond.
same classification
A Garamont revival from the same source period; much more historically faithful.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cormorant webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant.
same classification
A display-leaning Garamond interpretation; lighter and more delicate than Portrait.
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