The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Free font
Alegreya SC
A free alternative to Copperplate Gothic.
About Alegreya SC
Alegreya SC is a small-caps serif by Juan Pablo del Peral, distributed on Google Fonts, with more weight and presence than most caps faces of its kind. The detailing is calligraphic rather than engraved: strokes that carry a written inflection, and a warmth that keeps the capitals from turning severe when set in a run. That sturdiness is the practical quality — it holds its color in running headers and labels instead of thinning out the way finer small-caps designs do.
Against Copperplate Gothic it matches the solidity, which is the harder half of the substitution. Copperplate's authority comes from mass and tiny incised serifs; Alegreya SC gets to a similar density by other means, trading the engraver's line for readability. Choose it for headers, nameplates, menus, and labels that want Copperplate's formal register without its brittleness at text sizes.
- Designer
- Juan Pablo del Peral
- Available at
- Google Fonts →
Alegreya SC is also a free alternative to…
- Copperplate Gothic → A sturdy small-caps serif with more weight and presence than Cormorant SC, better matching Copperplate's solidity in running headers and labels. The calligraphic detailing is warmer than an engraver's line, so it trades severity for readability.
- PF Monumenta Pro → Juan Pablo del Peral's small-caps companion to Alegreya, a calligraphic old-style with lively, dynamic strokes. It works where Monumenta would be used for sustained caps settings like certificate text or chapter titles, trading the carved, static feel for warmer handwritten rhythm and offering five weights.
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