Hoefler Text font
Hoefler Text is an old-style serif by Jonathan Hoefler, first issued by Apple in 1991. It comes with macOS; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Hoefler&Co. 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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Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Crimson Text02by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Cormorant Garamond03by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like EB Garamond04by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Fraunces05by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Crimson Pro06by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Cinzel
Not measured against Hoefler Text: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Hoefler Text or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Hoefler Text
- Designed by
- Jonathan HoeflerSource: Wikipedia: Hoefler Text
- First issued
- Apple, 1991Source: Wikipedia: Hoefler Text
- Class
- Old-style serifSource: Wikipedia: Hoefler Text
- Comes with
- macOS Tahoe: Hoefler TextSource: Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Hoefler&Co.
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.
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Questions about Hoefler Text
Is Hoefler Text 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 Hoefler&Co. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Hoefler Text?
Hoefler Text was designed by Jonathan Hoefler, and first issued by Apple in 1991.
Can I use Hoefler Text in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word on a Mac, yes, as macOS comes with Hoefler Text; on Windows, only after you install a licensed copy. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Hoefler Text isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Crimson Text, Cormorant Garamond and EB Garamond 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 Hoefler Text?
FontKind hasn’t measured Hoefler Text: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Crimson Text, Cormorant Garamond and EB Garamond are old-style serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Hoefler Text.