Free alternatives
Free alternatives to Baskerville
Baskerville is a paid font. These free fonts look closest.
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Telling letters
The a, g, R, Q, 3 and & are where lookalikes usually give themselves away. Each alternative's CSS falls back to a system font resized to its measurements, so the page doesn't jump when the font loads. Host the font files yourself.
| Font | Letters | License |
|---|---|---|
| Baskervville | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Baskervville Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 108.82%;
ascent-override: 91.71%;
descent-override: 27.11%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Baskervville", "Baskervville Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Libre Baskerville | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Libre Baskerville Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 127.17%;
ascent-override: 76.28%;
descent-override: 21.23%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Libre Baskerville", "Libre Baskerville Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Baskervaldx | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Baskervaldx Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 106.32%;
ascent-override: 82.30%;
descent-override: 23.98%;
line-gap-override: 2.16%;
}
body {
font-family: "Baskervaldx", "Baskervaldx Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
| BaskervilleF | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "BaskervilleF Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 104.40%;
ascent-override: 92.91%;
descent-override: 25.86%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "BaskervilleF", "BaskervilleF Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Open Baskerville 0.0.53 | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Open Baskerville 0.0.53 Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 101.27%;
ascent-override: 90.45%;
descent-override: 20.14%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Open Baskerville 0.0.53", "Open Baskerville 0.0.53 Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
Already in Microsoft Word
If you have Microsoft 365, Word already includes a version of Baskerville, at no extra cost:
- Baskerville Old Face. A revival of Fry's Baskerville, an 18th-century copy of Baskerville's type.
From Microsoft's cloud font list, checked 3 October 2026. Some of these only appear in Word's font menu once a document uses them.