The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Free font
Crimson Pro
A free alternative to Caslon.
About Crimson Pro
- Designer
- Sebastian Kosch
- Released
- 2018
- Available at
- Google Fonts →
- Featured on
- 3 paid font pages
Crimson Pro is also a free alternative to…
- Caslon → Modern old-style serif drawn for screen reading. Captures Caslon's humanist warmth and moderate x-height with letterforms tuned for digital legibility — the right pick when historical literalism matters less than screen rendering.
- Garamond → Modern old-style serif designed for screen reading. Captures Garamond's humanist warmth and moderate x-height, with letterforms tuned for digital legibility — a good choice when historical literalism matters less than screen rendering.
- Sabon → Crimson explicitly cites Tschichold, Slimbach, and Hoefler as its design influences — a direct lineage to Sabon's design philosophy, with letterforms tuned for screen reading.
Display + body that work together
The shape of a working week
Body type does the heavy lifting. Get it right and the reader never thinks about it; get it wrong and they feel it before they can name what is off.
Editorial · Modern Crimson Pro + Manrope
Quiet type that does the work
The display sets the register; the body follows through. When both halves of a pair pull in the same direction, the design disappears and the words come forward.
Modern · Editorial Switzer + Crimson Pro