Font Family
Crimson Text
Description
Serif font for reading books and lengthy content
Source
Font Weights
Use Cases
Popularity
Characteristics
- Contrast
- medium
- Aperture
- open
- x-Height
- small
- Width
- normal
Paid Alternatives
Crimson Text is an open-source alternative to:
- Adobe Garamond
- Minion Pro
Use-case scenarios
Large Display
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Typography Scale
Heading 1 (48px)
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Heading 2 (36px)
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Heading 3 (24px)
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Body Text (16px)
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Small Text (14px)
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Character Set
Uppercase
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Lowercase
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Numbers & Symbols
0123456789 !@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",./<>?
Works Well With
These fonts pair beautifully with Crimson Text based on professional typography principles.
Similar & Alternatives
Fonts with a similar feel to Crimson Text, from the research knowledge base.