Rockwell® font
Rockwell is a geometric slab serif by Frank Hinman Pierpont, first issued by Monotype in 1934. It comes with macOS, and Microsoft 365 includes it too 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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Not measured against Rockwell: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Rockwell or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Rockwell
- Designed by
- Frank Hinman PierpontSource: Wikipedia: Rockwell (typeface)
- First issued
- Monotype, 1934Source: Wikipedia: Rockwell (typeface)
- Class
- Geometric slab serifSource: Wikipedia: Rockwell (typeface)
- Comes with
- Windows 11, as an optional font: Rockwell NovaMicrosoft 365, as a cloud font: Rockwell, Rockwell NovamacOS Tahoe: RockwellSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Monotype
- Trademark
- Rockwell is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation registered in the United States 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.
Rockwell® is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation. FontKind is not affiliated with The Monotype Corporation, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Rockwell
Is Rockwell free?
Not to use anywhere you like. It comes with macOS, so a Mac already has it; 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 Rockwell?
Rockwell was designed by Frank Hinman Pierpont, and first issued by Monotype in 1934.
Can I use Rockwell in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, yes, with Microsoft 365: Rockwell is one of its cloud fonts, which Word downloads when you pick it. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Rockwell 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 Rockwell?
FontKind hasn’t measured Rockwell: 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 Rockwell.