Clarendon Font
Clarendon is the archetypal English slab serif from 1845, with bracketed serifs and strong vertical stress.
Clarendon Font Preview
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Preview rendered with a system fallback stack in the same classification. Install the real font, or add a licensed file under /assets/fonts/, to see its exact letterforms.
About Clarendon Font
Clarendon is the archetypal English slab serif from 1845, with bracketed serifs and strong vertical stress.
Associated with wanted posters, packaging and sturdy editorial headlines.
Where can you use Clarendon Font?
Typical uses include headlines, packaging, western-style posters. Test it at the sizes you actually plan to publish: display styles lose detail in small interface text, and text styles can look flat in a large headline.
Before you use it commercially, open the licence that comes with the file. Free download does not always mean free commercial use, and web embedding is sometimes licensed separately. Our font licensing guide explains the common licence types in plain language.
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FAQ
Clarendon is the archetypal English slab serif from 1845, with bracketed serifs and strong vertical stress.
No. Clarendon Font is a commercial typeface, so you need a licence from the foundry or reseller, or access through a subscription service that includes it.
On Windows, right-click the font file and choose Install, or drag it into Settings > Personalisation > Fonts. On macOS, double-click the file and press Install Font in Font Book. On Android and iOS you need a font-installer or design app. Restart the application you are working in so Clarendon Font appears in its font menu.
Close alternatives in the same category include Bauhaus Font, Cooper Black Font, Varsity Font. The related fonts grid on this page is generated from the same category, so it updates as the directory grows.