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SOFT OLD-STYLE SERIF FONT
Fraunces
Fraunces is a free serif from Google Fonts, a soft, old-style face with a high-personality display option. Its expressive forms suit headlines, editorial, and branding.
A peek at Fraunces
Specimen
Fraunces is a soft, old-style serif with a warm, slightly wonky character and an expressive display option. Its high-personality forms give headlines and branding a distinctive, editorial feel, and it can also work in body text. It rewards use at larger sizes.
Body Text / 18pt Regular
Fraunces Font Details
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Templates using the font Fraunces
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Best font pairs for Fraunces
Fraunces pairs well with Inter, Roboto, and Montserrat.
ELEGANT & MODERN
Fraunces + Inter
An expressive, editorial headline
Fraunces is an expressive, high-contrast old-style serif whose characterful headlines contrast with Inter's plain, screen-tuned body. Use Fraunces for headings and Inter for body on editorial and brand sites.
EDITORIAL CONTRAST
Fraunces + Roboto
A warm, characterful headline
Fraunces's quirky, high-contrast serif gives headlines personality, then Roboto's neutral body keeps the reading plain. A balanced pairing for magazines and blogs.
CLASSIC & CLEAN
Fraunces + Montserrat
A soft serif headline
Fraunces's soft, high-contrast display serif headlines play against Montserrat's clean geometric body for a characterful-meets-modern mix. Use Fraunces for headings and Montserrat for body on editorial pages.
Alternatives to Fraunces
If you need an alternative to Fraunces, characterful serifs like Playfair Display, Lora, and DM Serif Display offer a similar expressive feel.
Playfair Display
This is a Playfair Display headline
And this is body text in Playfair Display. It's worth considering as an alternative to Fraunces.
View moreLora
This is a Lora headline
And this is body text in Lora. It's worth considering as an alternative to Fraunces.
View moreDM Serif Display
This is a DM Serif Display headline
And this is body text in DM Serif Display. It's worth considering as an alternative to Fraunces.
View moreCormorant Garamond
This is a Cormorant Garamond headline
And this is body text in Cormorant Garamond. It's worth considering as an alternative to Fraunces.
View moreSource Serif 4
This is a Source Serif 4 headline
And this is body text in Source Serif 4. It's worth considering as an alternative to Fraunces.
View moreNewsreader
This is a Newsreader headline
And this is body text in Newsreader. It's worth considering as an alternative to Fraunces.
View moreFrequently asked questions about Fraunces
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