Commercial · Serif · OH no Type Co
Swear
Swear is a licensed font from OH no Type Co: $499, 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. Swear is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Styles
- 72
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $499 (Swear Complete, 72 styles; Text, Deck or Display families (18 styles) $179) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
High-contrast serif in four optical sizes from Text to Banner, six weights, each with an Italic and a second, more eccentric “Cilati” italic; 72 styles and 3 variable fonts.
Free alternatives to Swear
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Swear 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 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 expressive italics.
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 for the Banner and Display roles.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Instrument Serif webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Instrument Serif.
same classification
A sharp display serif with a distinctive italic.
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