Algerian™ font
Algerian is a decorative display face of capitals first issued by Stephenson Blake in 1902. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by ITC. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
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Jacques Francois Shadow
Google Fonts classes it with the shaded display faces
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Not measured against Algerian: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Algerian or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Algerian
- First issued
- Stephenson Blake, 1902Source: Wikipedia: Algerian (typeface)
- Class
- Decorative display face of capitalsSource: Wikipedia: Algerian (typeface)
- Comes with
- Microsoft 365, as a cloud font: AlgerianSource: Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- ITC
- Trademark
- Algerian is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
Algerian™ is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype ITC Inc., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Algerian
Is Algerian free?
Not to use anywhere you like. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font, for Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by ITC. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who made Algerian?
Algerian was first issued by Stephenson Blake in 1902.
Can I use Algerian in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, yes, with Microsoft 365: Algerian is one of its cloud fonts, which Word downloads when you pick it. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Algerian isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Gravitas One, Ewert and Rye are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Algerian?
FontKind hasn’t measured Algerian: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Gravitas One, Ewert and Honk are wood-type display faces and shaded display faces in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Algerian.