Memphis® font
Memphis is a geometric slab serif by Rudolf Wolf, first issued by Stempel in 1929. It isn’t free: 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 Memphis here: only your own copy, if you have it
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useApache 2.0
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Not measured against Memphis: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Memphis or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Memphis
- Designed by
- Rudolf WolfSource: Wikipedia: Memphis (typeface)
- First issued
- Stempel, 1929Source: Wikipedia: Memphis (typeface)
- Class
- Geometric slab serifSource: Wikipedia: Memphis (typeface)
- Comes with
- Not with Windows 11, macOS Tahoe or Microsoft 365, by their own listsSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- Linotype
- Trademark
- Memphis 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.
Memphis® 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 Memphis
Is Memphis free?
No. Memphis is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Memphis?
Memphis was designed by Rudolf Wolf, and first issued by Stempel in 1929.
Can I use Memphis in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, only after you install a licensed copy: neither Windows nor Microsoft 365 comes with Memphis. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Memphis isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Rokkitt, Josefin Slab and Hepta Slab 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 Memphis?
FontKind hasn’t measured Memphis: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Rokkitt, Josefin Slab and Hepta Slab are geometric slab serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Memphis.