Free alternatives
Free alternatives to Adobe Garamond
Adobe Garamond 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Garamond (original) | Paid | |
| Cormorant Garamond | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Cormorant Garamond Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 96.09%;
ascent-override: 96.16%;
descent-override: 29.87%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Cormorant Garamond", "Cormorant Garamond Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Crimson Pro | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Crimson Pro Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 98.66%;
ascent-override: 90.86%;
descent-override: 21.78%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Crimson Pro", "Crimson Pro Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Crimson Text | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Crimson Text Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 96.55%;
ascent-override: 98.32%;
descent-override: 36.31%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Crimson Text", "Crimson Text Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| EB Garamond | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "EB Garamond Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 93.54%;
ascent-override: 107.66%;
descent-override: 31.86%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "EB Garamond", "EB Garamond Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Garamond Libre | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Garamond Libre Fallback";
src: local("Times New Roman");
size-adjust: 101.59%;
ascent-override: 88.98%;
descent-override: 36.03%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Garamond Libre", "Garamond Libre Fallback", serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
Already in Microsoft Word
If you have Microsoft 365, Word already includes a version of Adobe Garamond, at no extra cost:
- Garamond. Monotype's Garamond, one of the many revivals sold under that name.
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.