Free alternatives
Free alternatives to Bauer Bodoni
Bauer Bodoni 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abril Fatface | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Abril Fatface Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 104.47%;
ascent-override: 101.27%;
descent-override: 27.86%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Abril Fatface", "Abril Fatface Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Bodoni Moda | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Bodoni Moda Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 115.07%;
ascent-override: 97.77%;
descent-override: 34.76%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Bodoni Moda", "Bodoni Moda Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Libre Bodoni | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Libre Bodoni Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 109.95%;
ascent-override: 84.04%;
descent-override: 29.65%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Libre Bodoni", "Libre Bodoni Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Playfair Display | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Playfair Display Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 111.11%;
ascent-override: 97.38%;
descent-override: 22.59%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Playfair Display", "Playfair Display Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Prata | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Prata Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 118.57%;
ascent-override: 83.74%;
descent-override: 30.53%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Prata", "Prata Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| GFS Bodoni | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "GFS Bodoni Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 125.59%;
ascent-override: 56.14%;
descent-override: 18.23%;
line-gap-override: 4.22%;
}
body {
font-family: "GFS Bodoni", "GFS Bodoni Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
Already in Microsoft Word
If you have Microsoft 365, Word already includes a version of Bauer Bodoni, at no extra cost:
- Bodoni MT. Monotype's revival of Bodoni's types.
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.