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Bacasime Antique
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Bacasime Antique is a free serif by The DocRepair Project and Claus Eggers Sørensen, on Google Fonts since 2023. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Bacasime Antique has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 90% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 5.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Playfair
Bacasime Antique on one light table with its two closest fonts, Playfair (100 out of 100) and Playfair Display SC (84). Playfair is 46% wider and 15% heavier, with less stroke contrast; Playfair Display SC is 43% wider and 23% lighter, with an x-height 47% taller.
Bacasime Antique and Playfair laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Bacasime AntiquePlayfair…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Bacasime Antique alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Bacasime Antique at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Bacasime Antique, and can you use it?
- Designer
- The DocRepair Project, Claus Eggers Sørensen
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2023
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Playfair”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Bacasime Antique is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Bacasime Antique, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Bacasime Antique under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Bacasime Antique, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 57.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 43.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 35%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 5.28 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 91% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 90% of serifs
InkLighter than 84% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 95% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Bacasime Antique
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Playfair10046% wider · less stroke contrast · 15% heavierBacasime Antique is based on it
- Playfair Display SC84x-height 47% taller · 43% wider · 23% lighter
- Playfair Display81x-height 24% taller · 16% wider
- Bentham8010% wider · x-height 7% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Cormorant Garamond75less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 8% lighter
- Baskervville SC7514% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Bacasime Antique →Compare side by side →Get Bacasime Antique on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Bacasime Antique without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Unna70text 2.0% wider · x-height 1.2% taller
- Amiri57text 2.1% wider · x-height 1.2% taller
- Junicode52text 1.6% narrower · x-height 0.7% taller
- Crimson Text51same text width · x-height 2.1% taller
- Yrsa48text 0.8% wider · same x-height
- ET Book48text 1.3% wider · x-height 0.6% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Bacasime Antique loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 98% of its size, so running text keeps Bacasime Antique’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Bacasime Antique Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 97.95%;
ascent-override: 76.57%;
descent-override: 25.52%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Bacasime Antique', 'Bacasime Antique Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Bacasime Antique
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Bacasime Antique free for commercial use?
Yes. Bacasime Antique is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Playfair”.
How do I download and install Bacasime Antique?
FontKind doesn’t host Bacasime Antique’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Bacasime Antique in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Bacasime Antique isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Bacasime Antique in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Bacasime Antique under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Bacasime Antique in Figma?
Yes: Bacasime Antique is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Bacasime Antique have?
Bacasime Antique comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Bacasime Antique?
Bacasime Antique was designed by The DocRepair Project and Claus Eggers Sørensen. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2023. The DocRepair Project also made Belanosima, Agdasima, Caprasimo and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Bacasime Antique?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Playfair (100), Playfair Display SC (84) and Playfair Display (81), out of 100. Next to Bacasime Antique, Playfair is 46% wider and 15% heavier, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Bacasime Antique.