The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Free font
Domine
A free alternative to Cheltenham.
About Domine
- Designer
- Impallari Type
- Released
- 2012
- Available at
- Google Fonts →
- Featured on
- 2 paid font pages
Domine is also a free alternative to…
- Cheltenham → Short, stubby serifs, a large x-height, and a robust, workmanlike color — the closest single match on Google Fonts for the compact sturdiness of ITC Cheltenham at text and subhead sizes.
- Imperial → Built specifically for body text on screen, with a large x-height and blunt, sturdy serifs; slightly warmer than Imperial but shares its compact, durable news-text character.
Display + body that work together
Headlines, written under pressure
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.
Letters that hold their nerve
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.