Century Schoolbook font
Century Schoolbook is a transitional serif by Morris Fuller Benton, first issued by American Type Founders in 1919. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Monotype. 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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Domine
Its description names Century among its models · Google Fonts: Domine
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Not measured against Century Schoolbook: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Century Schoolbook or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Century Schoolbook
- Designed by
- Morris Fuller BentonSource: Wikipedia: Century type family
- First issued
- American Type Founders, 1919Source: Wikipedia: Century type family
- Class
- Transitional serifSource: Wikipedia: Century type family
- Comes with
- Microsoft 365, as a cloud font: Century SchoolbookSource: Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- Monotype
- Trademark
- Century is a trademark of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other 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.
Century® is a trademark of Monotype GmbH. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype GmbH, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Century Schoolbook
Is Century Schoolbook 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 Monotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Century Schoolbook?
Century Schoolbook was designed by Morris Fuller Benton, and first issued by American Type Founders in 1919.
Can I use Century Schoolbook in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, yes, with Microsoft 365: Century Schoolbook is one of its cloud fonts, which Word downloads when you pick it. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Century Schoolbook isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Domine, Bodoni Moda and Faustina 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 Century Schoolbook?
FontKind hasn’t measured Century Schoolbook: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. The free fonts whose own descriptions name it, or its model, are Domine. Beside them, Bodoni Moda, Faustina and IBM Plex Serif are modern serifs and Scotch serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Century Schoolbook.