EB Garamond

Name: EB Garamond
Author: Georg Duffner

EB Garamond brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Georg Duffner89% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use EB Garamond

Best Font Pairings for EB Garamond

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for EB Garamond, including combinations with Montserrat, Marti and Lato.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

Explore 3 Pairings for EB Garamond

Test EB Garamond Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview EB Garamond with any font combination in real-time, optimized for serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

Test EB Garamond Pairings Live

Premium Font Alternative

EB Garamond Is a Free Alternative To

EB Garamond serves as a verified free alternative to 30 premium typefaces across the serif classification. As a Old-style serif typeface, EB Garamond shares core design traits that make it a practical substitute in professional workflows. Each pairing is verified using structural similarity analysis, comparing stroke weight, x-height ratio, and character width proportions to ensure typographic consistency when replacing a licensed font.

Minion Proby Adobe

EB Garamond reproduces Minion Pro's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

95% matchstructural match$35-299

Robinsonby Commercial Type

EB Garamond reproduces Robinson's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

94% matchstructural match$35-299

Epiceneby Klim Type Foundry

While not a metric clone, EB Garamond evokes Epicene's distinctive character through similar terminal treatments, comparable letter spacing, and analogous weight distribution.

88% matchstylistic match$35-299

ABC Arizonaby Dinamo

EB Garamond performs the same typographic role as ABC Arizona — both excel at the same point sizes, column widths, and reading contexts with comparable legibility.

86% matchfunctional match$35-299

Reckless Neueby Displaay

In practical use, EB Garamond delivers equivalent readability to Reckless Neue across screen and print. Line lengths, paragraph density, and text color remain consistent when swapping.

84% matchfunctional match$35-299

Nocturne Serifby Mark Simonson Studio

EB Garamond reproduces Nocturne Serif's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

84% matchstructural match$35-299

Arnhemby OurType

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for Arnhem: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

82% matchfunctional match$35-299

PMN Caeciliaby Linotype

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for PMN Caecilia: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

82% matchfunctional match$35-299

Editorial Newby Pangram Pangram

EB Garamond reproduces Editorial New's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

82% matchstructural match$35-299

Janson Textby Linotype

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for Janson Text: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

80% matchfunctional match$35-299

Produktby Commercial Type

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for Produkt: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

78% matchfunctional match$35-299

Brunelby Commercial Type

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Brunel — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Tiempos Fineby Klim Type Foundry

EB Garamond shares Tiempos Fine's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Garamond Premier Proby Adobe

EB Garamond shares Garamond Premier Pro's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Noe Displayby Schick Toikka

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Noe Display — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Adobe Caslon Proby Adobe

EB Garamond shares Adobe Caslon Pro's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

77% matchstructural match$35-299

Le Monde Journalby Porchez Typofonderie

EB Garamond performs the same typographic role as Le Monde Journal — both excel at the same point sizes, column widths, and reading contexts with comparable legibility.

76% matchfunctional match$35-299

Utopiaby Adobe

EB Garamond reproduces Utopia's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

74% matchstructural match$35-299

Tiempos Textby Klim Type Foundry

EB Garamond shares Tiempos Text's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

71% matchstructural match$35-299

Baskervilleby Various

In practical use, EB Garamond delivers equivalent readability to Baskerville across screen and print. Line lengths, paragraph density, and text color remain consistent when swapping.

70% matchfunctional match$35-299

Callunaby Exljbris

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Calluna — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

69% matchstructural match$35-299

Harrietby Okay Type

EB Garamond reproduces Harriet's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

69% matchstructural match$35-299

Freight Textby GarageFonts

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Freight Text — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

67% matchstructural match$35-299

Sabonby Linotype

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Sabon — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

67% matchstructural match$35-299

Scotch Modernby Hoefler & Co.

EB Garamond reproduces Scotch Modern's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

67% matchstructural match$35-299

Bemboby Monotype

EB Garamond performs the same typographic role as Bembo — both excel at the same point sizes, column widths, and reading contexts with comparable legibility.

61% matchfunctional match$35-299

Lexiaby Dalton Maag

In practical use, EB Garamond delivers equivalent readability to Lexia across screen and print. Line lengths, paragraph density, and text color remain consistent when swapping.

61% matchfunctional match$35-299

Recoletaby Latinotype

EB Garamond reproduces Recoleta's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

61% matchstructural match$35-299

Joannaby Monotype

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Joanna — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

58% matchstructural match$35-299

Millerby Carter & Cone

EB Garamond shares Miller's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

58% matchstructural match$35-299

Recommended For

EB Garamond is recommended for 3 use cases

TypeSmith includes EB Garamond in curated font recommendations for 3 design tools and creative use cases. Each recommendation reflects tested rendering quality and readability characteristics specific to that platform or workflow.

Design ToolInDesignClassical Garamond revival with optical sizes and ligatures for professional book typography.Creative ProjectWedding InvitationsHistorical Garamond with optical sizes and ligatures for formal invitation body text.Creative ProjectEditorial & PublishingClassical Garamond proportions with OpenType features for professional editorial typesetting.

By Classification

In Context

EB Garamond Specimen Gallery

EditorialUI ComponentsPosterWordmark

EB Garamond Editorial Specimen

EB Garamond in Editorial Context

EB Garamond is a serif typeface by Georg Duffner suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Georg Duffner

Typeface Designer • Serif

EB Garamond demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of EB Garamond supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Georg Duffner, EB Garamond balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

Email Address

Password

EB Garamond Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError

EB Garamond Specimen

EB Garamond

EB Garamond is a serif typeface by Georg Duffner built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

EB Garamond

EB GARAMOND

EB GARAMONDTYPE

Tagline Pairings

EB Garamond— serif typeface

EB GaramondBy Georg Duffner

EB GaramondTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

EB Garamond Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with EB Garamond

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for EB Garamond, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

EB Garamond demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting EB Garamond for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

EB Garamond small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	EB Garamond typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'EB Garamond'; }

Quick Start

Integrating EB Garamond

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=EB+Garamond:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=EB+Garamond:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'EB Garamond';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/EB+Garamond');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with EB Garamond

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'EB Garamond', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'EB Garamond', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'eb-garamond': ['EB Garamond', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-eb-garamond">Your text here</p>

About

Inside EB Garamond

Georg Duffner

Serif

Open Source

Within the serif typeface family, EB Garamond demonstrates diagonal stress and historical resonance, making it well-suited for editorial design. Its decorative terminals and classical proportions contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for book typography and formal documents, EB Garamond adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes EB Garamond is a free and open-source typeface that supports a wide range of languages. It primarily....

EB Garamond was crafted by Georg Duffner. The typeface's organic stress and classical proportions reflect a design philosophy optimized for 2010s historical revival, adopted for Academic and book publishing projects.

As a Old-style serif in the Vox-ATypI Classicals family, EB Garamond direct revival of Claude Garamond 16th-century originals. Its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it a strong fit for brand identities conveying authority and heritage.

EB Garamond is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences. EB Garamond also serves as a free alternative to premium typefaces, offering comparable typographic quality under open licensing.

EB Garamond

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of EB Garamond

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand EB Garamond's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Old-style serif classification. EB Garamond exhibits organic stress, classical proportions, moderate x-height. Designed by Georg Duffner starting in 2010. A faithful digital revival of Claude Garamond's 16th-century types. Notable adoption includes Academic and book publishing projects.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 89). EB Garamond maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

Design Heritage

Designed by Georg Duffner. EB Garamond direct revival of Claude Garamond 16th-century originals, delivered as a single focused weight.

Overview

About EB Garamond

EB Garamond embodies the Old-style serif in the Vox-ATypI Classicals family, designed during the 2010s historical revival era. Built with organic stress and classical proportions, EB Garamond serves as a standard typeface for brand identities conveying authority and heritage, with notable adoption in Academic and book publishing projects. TypeSmith indexes EB Garamond in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings. EB Garamond also serves as a verified free alternative to premium typefaces.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for EB Garamond

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Fonts Similar to EB Garamond

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to EB Garamond based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Features of EB Garamond

EB Garamond scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

Reading EB Garamond: Legibility Factors

EB Garamond draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: EB Garamond

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Eye Strain Considerations for EB Garamond

EB Garamond provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

EB Garamond Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting EB Garamond. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test EB Garamond at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

How to Use EB Garamond Effectively

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for EB Garamond. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve EB Garamond in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Get EB Garamond

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

International Character Support

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

EB Garamond is a free and open-source typeface that supports a wide range of languages. It primarily focuses on Western European languages, but also includes characters for Central European, Baltic, and Turkish languages, as well as Cyrillic and Greek scripts, making it versatile for multilingual typesetting.

Legal

EB Garamond License Information

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

EB Garamond is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes EB Garamond ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

EB Garamond

EB Garamond brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

Scroll to explore

Serifby Georg Duffner89% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use EB Garamond

Best Font Pairings for EB Garamond

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for EB Garamond, including combinations with Montserrat, Marti and Lato.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

Explore 3 Pairings for EB Garamond

Test EB Garamond Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview EB Garamond with any font combination in real-time, optimized for serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

Test EB Garamond Pairings Live

Premium Font Alternative

EB Garamond Is a Free Alternative To

Minion Proby Adobe

EB Garamond reproduces Minion Pro's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

95% matchstructural match$35-299

Robinsonby Commercial Type

EB Garamond reproduces Robinson's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

94% matchstructural match$35-299

Epiceneby Klim Type Foundry

While not a metric clone, EB Garamond evokes Epicene's distinctive character through similar terminal treatments, comparable letter spacing, and analogous weight distribution.

88% matchstylistic match$35-299

ABC Arizonaby Dinamo

EB Garamond performs the same typographic role as ABC Arizona — both excel at the same point sizes, column widths, and reading contexts with comparable legibility.

86% matchfunctional match$35-299

Reckless Neueby Displaay

In practical use, EB Garamond delivers equivalent readability to Reckless Neue across screen and print. Line lengths, paragraph density, and text color remain consistent when swapping.

84% matchfunctional match$35-299

Nocturne Serifby Mark Simonson Studio

EB Garamond reproduces Nocturne Serif's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

84% matchstructural match$35-299

Arnhemby OurType

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for Arnhem: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

82% matchfunctional match$35-299

PMN Caeciliaby Linotype

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for PMN Caecilia: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

82% matchfunctional match$35-299

Editorial Newby Pangram Pangram

EB Garamond reproduces Editorial New's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

82% matchstructural match$35-299

Janson Textby Linotype

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for Janson Text: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

80% matchfunctional match$35-299

Produktby Commercial Type

EB Garamond serves as a functional drop-in for Produkt: similar metrics mean minimal layout reflow, consistent line breaks, and equivalent space efficiency.

78% matchfunctional match$35-299

Brunelby Commercial Type

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Brunel — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Tiempos Fineby Klim Type Foundry

EB Garamond shares Tiempos Fine's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Garamond Premier Proby Adobe

EB Garamond shares Garamond Premier Pro's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Noe Displayby Schick Toikka

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Noe Display — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

78% matchstructural match$35-299

Adobe Caslon Proby Adobe

EB Garamond shares Adobe Caslon Pro's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

77% matchstructural match$35-299

Le Monde Journalby Porchez Typofonderie

EB Garamond performs the same typographic role as Le Monde Journal — both excel at the same point sizes, column widths, and reading contexts with comparable legibility.

76% matchfunctional match$35-299

Utopiaby Adobe

EB Garamond reproduces Utopia's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

74% matchstructural match$35-299

Tiempos Textby Klim Type Foundry

EB Garamond shares Tiempos Text's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

71% matchstructural match$35-299

Baskervilleby Various

In practical use, EB Garamond delivers equivalent readability to Baskerville across screen and print. Line lengths, paragraph density, and text color remain consistent when swapping.

70% matchfunctional match$35-299

Callunaby Exljbris

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Calluna — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

69% matchstructural match$35-299

Harrietby Okay Type

EB Garamond reproduces Harriet's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

69% matchstructural match$35-299

Freight Textby GarageFonts

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Freight Text — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

67% matchstructural match$35-299

Sabonby Linotype

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Sabon — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

67% matchstructural match$35-299

Scotch Modernby Hoefler & Co.

EB Garamond reproduces Scotch Modern's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

67% matchstructural match$35-299

Bemboby Monotype

EB Garamond performs the same typographic role as Bembo — both excel at the same point sizes, column widths, and reading contexts with comparable legibility.

61% matchfunctional match$35-299

Lexiaby Dalton Maag

In practical use, EB Garamond delivers equivalent readability to Lexia across screen and print. Line lengths, paragraph density, and text color remain consistent when swapping.

61% matchfunctional match$35-299

Recoletaby Latinotype

EB Garamond reproduces Recoleta's core metrics: matching x-height, similar descender depth, and equivalent stroke modulation create near-identical text color on the page.

61% matchstructural match$35-299

Joannaby Monotype

The structural DNA of EB Garamond closely mirrors Joanna — comparable cap height, ascender length, and counter proportions make it a reliable stand-in.

58% matchstructural match$35-299

Millerby Carter & Cone

EB Garamond shares Miller's foundational letterform geometry, matching its x-height ratio and stroke weight distribution across all weights.

58% matchstructural match$35-299

Recommended For

EB Garamond is recommended for 3 use cases

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Pairing Guides

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Pairing Guides

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Ranked #4

In Context

EB Garamond Specimen Gallery

EditorialUI ComponentsPosterWordmark

EB Garamond Editorial Specimen

EB Garamond in Editorial Context

EB Garamond is a serif typeface by Georg Duffner suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Georg Duffner

Typeface Designer • Serif

Email Address

Password

EB Garamond Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

Active2 weights available

DefaultInfoSuccessWarningError

EB Garamond Specimen

EB Garamond

EB Garamond is a serif typeface by Georg Duffner built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSerif Typeface

Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

EB Garamond

EB GARAMOND

EB GARAMONDTYPE

Tagline Pairings

EB Garamond— serif typeface

EB GaramondBy Georg Duffner

EB GaramondTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

EB Garamond Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with EB Garamond

EB Garamond demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

EB Garamond small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	EB Garamond typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	EB Garamond typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'EB Garamond'; }

Quick Start

Integrating EB Garamond

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=EB+Garamond:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=EB+Garamond:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'EB Garamond';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/EB+Garamond');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with EB Garamond

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'EB Garamond', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'EB Garamond', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'eb-garamond': ['EB Garamond', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-eb-garamond">Your text here</p>

About

Inside EB Garamond

Georg Duffner

Serif

Open Source

EB Garamond

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of EB Garamond

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Designed by Georg Duffner. EB Garamond direct revival of Claude Garamond 16th-century originals, delivered as a single focused weight.

Overview

About EB Garamond

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for EB Garamond

View Pairings

Explore More

Fonts Similar to EB Garamond

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Features of EB Garamond

Reading EB Garamond: Legibility Factors

Readability Profile: EB Garamond

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How to Use EB Garamond Effectively

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Get EB Garamond

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Internationalization

International Character Support

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

Legal

EB Garamond License Information

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

EB Garamond

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EB Garamond is recommended for 3 use cases

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EB Garamond Typography

EB Garamond

Character Set

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Quick Start

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Accessibility Features of EB Garamond

Reading EB Garamond: Legibility Factors

Readability Profile: EB Garamond

Eye Strain Considerations for EB Garamond

EB Garamond Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use EB Garamond Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

EB Garamond

Best Ways to Use EB Garamond

Best Font Pairings for EB Garamond

Test EB Garamond Font Pairings Live

EB Garamond Is a Free Alternative To

EB Garamond is recommended for 3 use cases

Recommendation Lists

Top 10 Serif Fonts

Top 10 Garamond Alternatives

Top 10 Free Times New Roman Alternatives

Top 10 Accessible Serif Fonts

Top 10 Editorial Fonts

Top 10 Wedding Fonts

Top 10 Serif & Sans-Serif Pairings

Top 10 Editorial Font Pairings

In Context

EB Garamond Typography

EB Garamond

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with EB Garamond

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face