Serif · Barry Schwartz
Fanwood Text
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CSSfont-family: 'Fanwood Text', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fanwood Text is a free serif by Barry Schwartz, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Fanwood Text has an x-height shorter than 97%, is narrower than 90% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.4 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Sedan
Fanwood Text on one light table with its two closest fonts, Sedan (84 out of 100) and Sorts Mill Goudy (80). Sedan is 14% wider, with an x-height 14% taller and more stroke contrast; Sorts Mill Goudy is 12% wider and 12% lighter, with an x-height 10% taller.
Fanwood Text and Sedan laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Fanwood TextSedan…
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 Fanwood Text 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 / Styles
Fanwood Text, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Fanwood Text, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Barry Schwartz
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fanwood Text 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 Fanwood Text, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fanwood Text under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Fanwood Text, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 38.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 67.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.57lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 43.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.42 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 97% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 90% of serifs
InkNear the middle of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 67% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fanwood Text
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Sedan84x-height 14% taller · 14% wider · more stroke contrast
- Sorts Mill Goudy8012% wider · x-height 10% taller · 12% lighter
- Goudy Bookletter 191179less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller
- IM Fell French Canon SC77x-height 24% taller · more stroke contrast · 17% wider
- Linden Hill76Nearly identical proportions
- Alegreya SC76x-height 31% taller · 21% wider · 20% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Fanwood Text →Compare side by side →Get Fanwood Text on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Fanwood Text without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Linden Hill76text 1.5% narrower · x-height 1.8% taller
- Balthazar65text 1.3% wider · x-height 3.6% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Fanwood Text loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 94.2% of its size, so running text keeps Fanwood Text’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fanwood Text Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 94.17%;
ascent-override: 97.50%;
descent-override: 41.71%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Fanwood Text', 'Fanwood Text Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fanwood Text
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Fanwood Text free for commercial use?
Yes. Fanwood Text 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 Fanwood Text?
FontKind doesn’t host Fanwood Text’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Fanwood Text in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Fanwood Text 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 Fanwood Text in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Fanwood Text under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Fanwood Text in Figma?
Yes: Fanwood Text is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Fanwood Text have?
Fanwood Text comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Fanwood Text?
Fanwood Text was designed by Barry Schwartz. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2011. Barry Schwartz also made Sorts Mill Goudy, Goudy Bookletter 1911, Prociono and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fanwood Text?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Sedan (84), Sorts Mill Goudy (80) and Goudy Bookletter 1911 (79), out of 100. Next to Fanwood Text, Sedan is 14% wider, with an x-height 14% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Fanwood Text.