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Serif · Jörg Drees

Bentinck

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Bentinck', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Bentinck is a free serif by Jörg Drees, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Bentinck has an x-height taller than 62%, is wider than 70% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 77%. Its thickest strokes are 4.2 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Noto Serif Display

Bentinck on one light table with its two closest fonts, Noto Serif Display (85 out of 100) and Taviraj (80). Noto Serif Display is 11% lighter, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 7% taller; Taviraj is 7% heavier, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 6% shorter.

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Bentinck and Noto Serif Display laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with BentinckNoto Serif Display…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Bentinck 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

Bentinck 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 Bentinck, and can you use it?

Designer
Jörg Drees
Kind
Serif
Styles
1 weight (400)
From
GitHub
Character sets
latin
Licence
SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use
Yes.
Logos
Yes.
Websites and apps
Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents
Yes.
Changes
Yes.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Bentinck is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Bentinck comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint
Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
Figma
Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
Canva
Not verified. Search its font menu for Bentinck, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Bentinck under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Bentinck on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Bentinck, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Bentinck. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.71lowercase against capitals
Width
54.1% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
37%letter box filled
Contrast
4.20 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 62% of serifs

  • WidthWider than 70% of serifs

  • InkLighter than 77% of serifs

  • ContrastMore contrast than 92% of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Bentinck

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Bentinck →Compare side by side →Get Bentinck on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Bentinck without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Bentinck loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 116.7% of its size, so running text keeps Bentinck’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Bentinck Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 116.74%;
  ascent-override: 68.53%;
  descent-override: 17.13%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Bentinck', 'Bentinck Fallback', serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Bentinck

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Bentinck free for commercial use?

Yes. Bentinck is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Bentinck?

Bentinck comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is Bentinck in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Bentinck comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.

How many weights does Bentinck have?

Bentinck 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 Bentinck?

Bentinck was designed by Jörg Drees. Jörg Drees also made Wittgenstein.

What fonts are similar to Bentinck?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Noto Serif Display (85), Taviraj (80) and Noto Serif (80), out of 100. Next to Bentinck, Noto Serif Display is 11% lighter, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 7% taller. See all 100 fonts like Bentinck.