Commercial · Serif · Carter & Cone
Rocky
Rocky is a licensed font from Carter & Cone: $35.99, 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. Rocky is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Matthew Carter, with Richard Lipton
- Styles
- 40
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $35.99 (per style; Rocky Family, 10 styles, $237.49; Rocky Superfamily, 40 styles, $589.99) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
A Latin serif with Bodoni proportions, drawn by Matthew Carter to answer why no such face existed, then expanded with Richard Lipton; 40 styles across regular, condensed and compressed widths.
Free alternatives to Rocky
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Rocky 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 Libre Bodoni webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Libre Bodoni.
same classification
A Bodoni revival sharing Rocky’s proportions and contrast; conventional rather than wedge serifs.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Bodoni Moda webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Bodoni Moda.
same classification
Bodoni-style serif with optical sizes and a wide weight range.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Playfair Display webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Playfair Display.
commonly substituted
High-contrast display serif used where a Didone flavour is wanted.
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