Cochin® font
Cochin is a transitional serif by Georges Peignot, first issued by G. Peignot et Fils in 1912. It comes with macOS; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
No picture of Cochin here: only your own copy, if you have it
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01by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Newsreader02by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Libre Baskerville03by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Noto Serif04by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Spectral05by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Baskervville06by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Source Serif 4
Not measured against Cochin: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Cochin or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Cochin
- Designed by
- Georges PeignotSource: Wikipedia: Cochin (typeface)
- First issued
- G. Peignot et Fils, 1912Source: Wikipedia: Cochin (typeface)
- Class
- Transitional serifSource: Wikipedia: Cochin (typeface)
- Comes with
- macOS Tahoe: CochinSource: Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Linotype
- Trademark
- Cochin is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. 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.
Cochin® is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype Imaging Inc., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Cochin
Is Cochin free?
Not to use anywhere you like. It comes with macOS, so a Mac already has it. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by Linotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Cochin?
Cochin was designed by Georges Peignot, and first issued by G. Peignot et Fils in 1912.
Can I use Cochin in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word on a Mac, yes, as macOS comes with Cochin; on Windows, only after you install a licensed copy. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Cochin isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Newsreader, Libre Baskerville and Noto Serif 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 Cochin?
FontKind hasn’t measured Cochin: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Newsreader, Libre Baskerville and Noto Serif are transitional serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Cochin.