New York Times font
The nameplate of The New York Times is blackletter lettering drawn for the paper and last redrawn in 1967: it isn’t a font you can download or buy. The paper itself is set in its own versions of Cheltenham, Imperial and Franklin. These free blackletters have the nameplate’s Old English look; the first was drawn after it.
Blackletter lettering, redrawn in 1967 · 9 free fonts with its feel
01 / Free fonts with the same feel
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01picked by eye
Drawn after the nameplate
02picked by eye
Fraktur, ornate capitals
03picked by eye
Heavy, after a 1910 blackletter
04picked by eye
Narrow and sharp
05picked by eye
Textura, softened
Also close, by our data
Each of these is among the twelve fonts our similarity data finds closest to at least two of the fonts above, measured letter by letter.
99match with UnifrakturMaguntia
31% heavier · 14% wider · more stroke contrast
100match with UnifrakturMaguntia
19% narrower · 15% heavier
94match with UnifrakturMaguntia
16% narrower · less stroke contrast · 10% lighter
94match with UnifrakturMaguntia
x-height 15% shorter · 8% narrower · less stroke contrast
FontKind isn’t affiliated with The New York Times or its owners. The name is a trademark of its owner, used here only to say which lettering this page is about. The fonts shown are free fonts with a similar feel, not the original lettering.
02 / The lettering, and your questions
01
What font does The New York Times use?
The nameplate is lettering, last redrawn in 1967. An alphabet drawn from it appeared in a lettering catalogue in 1971 as Times Old English, and never came out in digital form. Source: Fonts In Use: Times Old English
In 2003 the paper brought its print headlines together in Cheltenham, drawn again for it; it also has Imperial and Franklin of its own. Source: Wikipedia: Cheltenham , Fonts In Use: NYT Cheltenham
Manufacturing Consent, a free blackletter, says it borrows its gravitas from the nameplate; it was forked from an earlier free font. Source: Google Fonts: Manufacturing Consent
02
Is the New York Times font free?
No. The nameplate is lettering, not a font, and the paper’s typefaces were made for it. Manufacturing Consent, drawn after the nameplate, is free, but the nameplate itself is a trademark. The fonts on this page are free, free for commercial use too, under open licences.
03
How do I use these fonts in Canva?
Search Canva’s font menu for the font’s name: Canva publishes no list of its fonts, so the menu is the only way to know. If it isn’t there, Canva Pro and Teams can upload a font file: get it from the font’s page here.
On the free plan, make a PNG of your words in the gothic font generator and upload it as an image.
04
And in Cricut Design Space?
Install the font on your computer from its page here: Design Space lists the fonts on your computer as system fonts. Or type your words in the gothic font generator and download the SVG: its letters come welded, to cut in one piece. More in Cricut fonts.
05
Can I use them on things I sell?
The fonts, yes: every font on this page is under an open licence that allows commercial use, on shirts, signs, cards and logos. But The New York Times and its logo are someone else’s trademarks: a design that copies the logo or uses the name can still need the owner’s permission. This is a plain answer, not legal advice.
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