Free alternatives
Free alternatives to Linotype Didot
Linotype Didot is a paid font. These free fonts look closest.
40px
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Linotype Didot (original) | Paid | |
| 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 |
| GFS Didot | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "GFS Didot Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 112.50%;
ascent-override: 84.18%;
descent-override: 24.62%;
line-gap-override: 2.22%;
}
body {
font-family: "GFS Didot", "GFS Didot 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 |
| Theano Didot | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Theano Didot Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 118.03%;
ascent-override: 81.17%;
descent-override: 26.06%;
line-gap-override: 23.17%;
}
body {
font-family: "Theano Didot", "Theano Didot Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial use |