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Best Free Fonts for Book Interiors

Open-source serif fonts with true italics and bold weights — the essentials for typesetting novels and nonfiction.

Playfair Display 12 styles · italicsClaus Eggers Sørensen Aleo 18 styles · italicsAlessio Laiso Neuton 6 styles · italicsBrian Zick Bitter 18 styles · italicsSol Matas Merriweather 14 styles · italicsSorkin Type Source Serif 4 16 styles · italicsFrank Grießhammer Gelasio 8 styles · italicsEben Sorkin Lora 8 styles · italicsCyreal Arvo 4 styles · italicsAnton Koovit Libre Baskerville 8 styles · italicsImpallari Type Fraunces 18 styles · italicsUndercase Type, Phaedra Charles EB Garamond 10 styles · italicsGeorg Duffner, Octavio Pardo Noticia Text 4 styles · italicsJM Solé Newsreader 14 styles · italicsProduction Type Amiri 4 styles · italicsKhaled Hosny, Sebastian Kosch Cormorant Garamond 10 styles · italicsChristian Thalmann Crimson Text 6 styles · italicsSebastian Kosch Petrona 18 styles · italicsRingo R. Seeber Libre Caslon Text 3 styles · italicsImpallari Type Cormorant Infant 10 styles · italicsChristian Thalmann Zilla Slab 10 styles · italicsTypotheque PT Serif 4 styles · italicsParaType Spectral 14 styles · italicsProduction Type Cormorant 10 styles · italicsChristian Thalmann Faustina 12 styles · italicsOmnibus-Type Vollkorn 12 styles · italicsFriedrich Althausen Crimson Pro 16 styles · italicsJacques Le Bailly Playfair 14 styles · italicsClaus Eggers Sørensen Baskervville 8 styles · italicsANRT Tinos 4 styles · italicsSteve Matteson Charis SIL 4 styles · italicsSIL International STIX Two Text 8 styles · italicsTiro Typeworks, Ross Mills Unna 4 styles · italicsOmnibus-Type Josefin Slab 14 styles · italicsSantiago Orozco Piazzolla 18 styles · italicsJuan Pablo del Peral, HT Fonts Playfair Display SC 6 styles · italicsClaus Eggers Sørensen Castoro 8 styles · italicsTiro Typeworks, John Hudson Caladea 4 styles · italicsHT Fonts, Carolina Giovagnoli Bodoni Moda 12 styles · italicsOwen Earl Caudex 4 styles · italicsNidud

Ranked by Google Fonts popularity. Always print a test page at your final size before committing to a body font.

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