Caslon Old Face vs Times New Roman

Caslon Old Face and Times New Roman are both serif typefaces sharing a retro foundation. Where Caslon Old Face leans warm, Times New Roman brings transitional, readable. Compare which suits your Editorial project.

64% Similarity

Design DNA

Design overlap:25%

Caslon Old Face

Visual
RetroWarm

Times New Roman

Structural
Transitional
Visual
RetroReadable

Highlighted traits are shared between both fonts

Visual Comparison

Caslon Old Face

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Times New Roman

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Feature Comparison

Feature Caslon Old Face Times New Roman
Type Premium Premium
Classification serif serif
Variable Font No No
Weights Multiple Multiple
Italics Yes Yes
License Commercial License Required Commercial License Required
Language Support latin, latin-extended latin, latin-extended, cyrillic, greek
Source Stephenson Blake Monotype

Best Use Cases

Editorial

Typography suited for magazines, newspapers, and long-form content. Editorial fo...

Caslon Times
Print Design

Typography optimized for printed materials, physical production, and offset or d...

Caslon Times
Book Design

Typography optimized for extended reading, book publishing, and literary content...

Caslon Times
Documents

Typography for business documents, reports, and professional communications. Doc...

Caslon Times
Academic

Typography for academic papers, research publications, and scholarly documents. ...

Caslon Times

Which Should You Choose?

Recommended: Caslon Old Face

  • warm design character
  • Suited for Books
  • From Stephenson Blake
  • 3 free alternatives available
View Caslon Old Face →

Consider: Times New Roman

  • transitional, readable design character
  • Suited for Documents and Academic
  • From Monotype
  • 2 free alternatives available
  • Broader language support
View Times New Roman →
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Caslon Old Face

For Editorial For Book Design For Print Design With Warm With Retro Supporting Latin Extended

Free Alternatives to Consider

Free fonts that can replace both Caslon Old Face and Times New Roman

Libre Caslon Text

82%
Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · 2 weights

Libre Baskerville

82%

% to Caslon Old Face · 82% to Times New Roman

Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · 2 weights

Libre Caslon Display

76%
Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · 1 weights

EB Garamond

66%

66% to Caslon Old Face · 85% to Times New Roman

Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · Variable

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