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Young Baroque
ITC released Young Baroque in 1984, designed by Doyald Young, the Los Angeles lettering artist and Art Center teacher whose other faces include ITC Éclat, Home Run and Young Gallant. It is a delicate copperplate-style script in the baroque tradition: the capitals unwind in generous spirals while the lowercase stays small and heavily slanted, so a single word reads as a flourish with a tail. ITC recommends it for headlines and short text rather than paragraphs, and it is sold per style on MyFonts. These free typefaces work the same formal script register without the license fee.
The closest font to Young BaroqueThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Common questions about Young Baroque alternatives
- Is Young Baroque free?
- No — Young Baroque is a commercial typeface from ITC. Young Baroque is a commercial ITC typeface sold per style through MyFonts; it is not free to download. The closest free alternative is Pinyon Script, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to Young Baroque?
- Pinyon Script is the closest free match. A round-hand copperplate script with flourished capitals and a disciplined, evenly slanted lowercase, the closest free equivalent to ITC's formal engraving look. Its capitals spiral less wildly than Young Baroque's and the lowercase sits a touch larger, so lines read slightly more evenly.
- Can I use Pinyon Script in commercial projects?
- Yes — Pinyon Script is published under a free license on Google Fonts and can be used in commercial work. Confirm the license text at the source before shipping.