New York Times font. 5 free fonts in its lettering style.
For New York Times lettering, start with Manufacturing Consent (drawn after the nameplate).
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Manufacturing Consent
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Among the 5 New York Times picks: the narrowest, the shortest x-height, and the most stroke contrast.
Nearest other pick by our lab: UnifrakturMaguntia, score 71; Manufacturing Consent is 5.6% narrower, x-height 17% shorter, 17% darker, and 41% more stroke contrast.
Manufacturing Consent: 1 weight; New York Times set here at 400.
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What people make with New York Times lettering
New York Times blackletter is used for mock front pages for a birthday, mastheads of school newsletters and wedding programmes. Manufacturing Consent was drawn after the nameplate; Texturina at weight 700 is softer and easier to read under a New York Times-style masthead. UnifrakturMaguntia has the ornate Fraktur capitals, for the first letter of a New York Times-style masthead.
The type behind New York Times
New York Times sets its print headlines in Cheltenham, a paid typeface (old-style serif, 1903); its nameplate is lettering, not this font.
ITC Cheltenham®, named here for New York Times, is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc.; FontForThat is not affiliated with Monotype ITC Inc.
New York Times picks, measured
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| Font | Why | Set at | Nearest pick | Width | x-height | Ink | Contrast | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Consent | Drawn after the nameplate | 400 | UnifrakturMaguntia, 71 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1 |
| UnifrakturMaguntia | Fraktur, ornate capitals | 400 | Manufacturing Consent, 71 | +5.9% | +20% | −15% | −29% | 1 |
| UnifrakturCook | Heavy, after a 1910 blackletter | 700 | Manufacturing Consent, 67 | +5.1% | +21% | +7.3% | −51% | 1 |
| Pirata One | Narrow and sharp | 400 | UnifrakturCook, 63 | +3% | +32% | +11% | −35% | 1 |
| Texturina | Textura, softened | 700 | no measure | +33% | +15% | −18% | −38% | 9 |
Can I use the New York Times fonts for…
| Free font | Personal | Selling | Logo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Consent | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UnifrakturMaguntia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UnifrakturCook | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pirata One | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Texturina | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- Manufacturing Consent, UnifrakturMaguntia, UnifrakturCook, Pirata One, and Texturina are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Trademark
Free fonts, yes; the New York Times name and logo, no: a masthead, a mock front page or a newsletter name for yourself is fine, merchandise needs the owner’s permission.
The New York Times is a trademark of its owner; these are free fonts in a similar lettering style, not the original lettering.
New York Times font questions
What font does New York Times use?
New York Times sets its print headlines in Cheltenham, a paid typeface (old-style serif, 1903); its nameplate is lettering, not this font. First free pick here: Manufacturing Consent (drawn after the nameplate).
Is there a free New York Times font?
Not the New York Times lettering itself; in its style, under open licences: Manufacturing Consent, UnifrakturMaguntia, UnifrakturCook, Pirata One, and Texturina.
Which New York Times font is the boldest, and which the narrowest?
Pirata One has the heaviest ink of the 5 New York Times picks, 35% darker than Texturina; Manufacturing Consent is the narrowest, 25% narrower than Texturina.
Which New York Times font reads best at small sizes?
Pirata One, with an x-height 32% taller than Manufacturing Consent; most weights: Texturina, 9.
How were the New York Times fonts chosen?
All 5 New York Times picks chosen by eye: Manufacturing Consent, UnifrakturMaguntia, UnifrakturCook, Pirata One, and Texturina.