What is the Iowan Old Style font?
Iowan Old Style was designed for Bitstream in 1990 by noted sign painter John Downer. Iowan Old Style is a hardy contemporary text design modeled after earlier revivals of Jenson and Griffo typefaces but with a larger x-height, tighter letterfit, and reproportioned capitals. Cyrillic letters were designed by Natalia Vasilyeva in 2016. Iowan Old Style Cyrillic was released by Paratype in 2017.
Iowan Old Style Font families
The Iowan Old Style includes the following font families:
- Iowan Old Style BT Roman
- Iowan Old Style BT Italic
- Iowan Old Style BT Bold
- Iowan Old Style BT Bold Italic
- Iowan Old Style BT Black
- Iowan Old Style BT Black Italic
Iowan Old Style Preview
Here is a preview of how Iowan Old Style will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
Is Iowan Old Style A free font? Is Iowan Old Style Free to Download?
No,Iowan 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 Iowan Old Style so please don't waste your time looking.
It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Iowan 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 Iowan Old Style remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Iowan 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. :)
