What is the Century™ Old Style font?
In 1894, Linn Boyd Benton finished a commission for a new text typeface with the American periodical, Century magazine. Century is typical of the neorenaissance movement in typography at the end of the 19th century.
Morris Fuller Benton drew a number of versions of the font for the font foundry, American Typefounders, and Century was later taken up by the firms Linotype, Intertype and Monotype.
Century™ Old Style Font families
The Century™ Old Style includes the following font families:
- Century Old Style Roman
- Century Old Style Italic
- Century Old Style Bold
Century™ Old Style Preview
Here is a preview of how Century™ Old Style will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
Is Century™ Old Style A free font? Is Century™ Old Style Free to Download?
No,Century™ Old Style is not free to download. You will need to pay for it I'm afraid.
Almost every font that we list on HighFonts.com is a paid-for, premium font. We do have a Free Fonts section where we list free fonts that you can download.
There is no point trying to find a free download of Century™ Old Style so please don't waste your time looking.
It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Century™ Old Style for free. There's a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Century™ Old Style remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Century™ Old Style and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)