Times New Roman® font
Times New Roman is a transitional serif by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent, first issued by Monotype in 1931. It comes with Windows and macOS: use it on that computer, in documents and pictures, but its licence doesn’t let you put the font file on a website or pass it on. These 24 free serifs come closest to it, measured letter by letter, closest first. Tinos is drawn to its exact widths and heights: it replaces Times New Roman without moving a line.
Times New Roman itself comes from your device, if it is installed
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01 / Free alternatives to Times New Roman® — compared by measurements
The original · Times New Roman, from your device
46match · #1
Tinos
Same widths and heights as Times New Roman
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast
Differs most from Times New Roman in c, 8, and e
96match · #2
91match · #3
91match · #4
79match · #5
77match · #6
Ortica
Find the font. Find its kind.22% wider · x-height 12% taller · 11% lighter
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, a, and y
77match · #7
Ibarra Real Nova
Find the font. Find its kind.13% lighter · x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Times New Roman in p, 4, and e
77match · #8
Judson
Find the font. Find its kind.4% wider · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Times New Roman in g, Q, and 1
75match · #9
CMU Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.17% lighter · more stroke contrast · 6% wider
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, e, and 5
74match · #10
Hausschrift
Find the font. Find its kind.6% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 3% shorter
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, e, and 1
74match · #11
73match · #12
Nanum Myeongjo
Find the font. Find its kind.26% lighter · 8% wider · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Times New Roman in O, 8, and S
73match · #13
Frank Ruhl Libre
Find the font. Find its kind.7% wider · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Times New Roman in e, 7, and 1
72match · #14
Gambetta
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · 16% lighter
Differs most from Times New Roman in 3, J, and e
72match · #15
Libre Caslon Display
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 11% narrower · 17% lighter
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, 4, and e
72match · #16
Redaction
Find the font. Find its kind.9% wider · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Times New Roman in 4, 9, and 3
72match · #17
Hedvig Letters Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 16% taller · 16% wider
Differs most from Times New Roman in C, y, and z
72match · #18
Gilda Display
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · more stroke contrast · 19% lighter
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, 8, and Z
70match · #19
Cinzel
Find the font. Find its kind.39% wider · x-height 34% taller · 44% lighter
Differs most from Times New Roman in M, Q, and O
70match · #20
DM Serif Text
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 29% heavier · 11% wider
Differs most from Times New Roman in 3, 7, and b
70match · #21
Gambarino
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast · 5% wider
Differs most from Times New Roman in u, 5, and e
69match · #22
Taviraj
Find the font. Find its kind.15% wider · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, c, and 8
69match · #23
Epistle
Find the font. Find its kind.12% wider · x-height 7% taller · 13% heavier
Differs most from Times New Roman in m, 7, and g
68match · #24
Shippori Mincho B1
Find the font. Find its kind.17% wider · 17% lighter · x-height 7% taller
Differs most from Times New Roman in 7, 4, and 5
About Times New Roman
- Designed by
- Stanley Morison and Victor LardentSource: Wikipedia: Times New Roman , Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- Monotype, 1931Source: Wikipedia: Times New Roman , Microsoft: font list
- Class
- Transitional serifSource: Wikipedia: Times New Roman , Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Windows 11: Times New RomanMicrosoft 365, as a cloud font: Times New RomanmacOS Tahoe: Times New Roman, TimesSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Monotype
- Trademark
- Times New Roman 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
- Also
- It was drawn for The Times of London, which first printed in it in 1932.Source: Wikipedia: Times New Roman
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 Times New Roman
Is Times New Roman free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Times New Roman comes with Windows, and its licence doesn’t let you put it on a website or pass the file on. Tinos is the free font made to stand in for it, with Times New Roman’s exact widths and heights, under the SIL Open Font License. The 24 fonts on this page are free to use, commercially and on websites too: 22 under the SIL Open Font License and 2 under the ITF Free Font License.
Which free font has the same metrics as Times New Roman?
Tinos. Its letters take Times New Roman’s widths and its heights match, so a document set in Times New Roman keeps its line breaks and page count in Tinos. Up close, Tinos has less stroke contrast.
Which free font is closest to Times New Roman?
Sneaky Times, at 96 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then STIX Two Text (91) and Jomolhari (91). Next to Times New Roman, Sneaky Times is 5% wider, with an x-height 4% taller.
Can I use a free Times New Roman alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: STIX Two Text, Jomolhari, Cardo and twelve more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts.
Who designed Times New Roman?
Times New Roman was designed by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent, and first issued by Monotype in 1931.