Garamond Premier vs Times New Roman

Garamond Premier and Times New Roman are both serif typefaces sharing a retro foundation. Where Garamond Premier leans elegant, old style, Times New Roman brings transitional, readable. Compare which suits your Editorial project.

63% Similarity

Design DNA

Design overlap:20%

Garamond Premier

Structural
Old Style
Visual
RetroElegant

Times New Roman

Structural
Transitional
Visual
RetroReadable

Highlighted traits are shared between both fonts

Visual Comparison

Garamond Premier

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Times New Roman

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Feature Comparison

Feature Garamond Premier 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, cyrillic, greek latin, latin-extended, cyrillic, greek
Source Adobe Monotype

Best Use Cases

Editorial

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

Garamond Times
Branding

Fonts that establish strong brand identity with distinctive character and versat...

Garamond Times
Luxury

Typography for luxury brands, high-end products, and premium services. Luxury fo...

Garamond Times
Book Design

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

Garamond Times
Documents

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

Garamond Times
Academic

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

Garamond Times
Print Design

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

Garamond Times

Which Should You Choose?

Recommended: Garamond Premier

  • elegant, old style design character
  • Suited for Branding and Luxury
  • From Adobe
  • 3 free alternatives available
View Garamond Premier →

Consider: Times New Roman

  • transitional, readable design character
  • Suited for Documents and Academic
  • From Monotype
  • 2 free alternatives available
View Times New Roman →
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Garamond Premier

For Editorial For Branding For Luxury For Book Design With Old Style With Elegant

Free Alternatives to Consider

Free fonts that can replace both Garamond Premier and Times New Roman

EB Garamond

88%

88% to Garamond Premier · 85% to Times New Roman

Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · Variable

Libre Baskerville

82%

% to Garamond Premier · 82% to Times New Roman

Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · 2 weights

Cormorant Garamond

80%
Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · 5 weights

Crimson Pro

72%
Google Fonts · OFL-1.1 · Variable

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