Commercial · Serif · DJR
Roslindale
Roslindale is a licensed font from DJR: $200, 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. Roslindale is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- David Jonathan Ross
- Released
- 2017
- Styles
- 64
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $200 (Roslindale Series, 64 styles plus 1 variable font, mini license; Starter Pack (6 styles) $100) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
Old-style serif with Victorian sensibilities, following the 1890s De Vinne; began as a Condensed Bold for DJR’s Font of the Month Club in 2017 and grew to Text, Deck and Display sizes.
Free alternatives to Roslindale
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Roslindale 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 Rozha One webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rozha One.
same classification
A high-contrast Victorian-flavoured display serif; one weight.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Fraunces webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Fraunces.
same classification
A soft, old-style display serif with optical sizes and a variable axis, like Roslindale.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Yeseva One webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Yeseva One.
same classification
A display serif with Victorian bulbous terminals.
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