What is the Janson® Text font?
A faithful recreation of one of the great seventeenth-century Dutch typefaces cut by the Protestant Transylvanian Nicolas Kis. The matrices survive at Stempel; their value was recognized by Chauncey Griffith at Mergenthaler Linotype, who used Kis’ 14 point to undertake the revival for composing machines while following a Voskens italic better suited to the Linotype than the Kis italics. George Ostrochulski adapted the face for photocomposition at Mergenthaler, returning to the original italics.
Janson® Text Font families
The Janson® Text includes the following font families:
- Janson Text Pro 55 Roman
- Janson Text Pro 56 Italic
- Janson Text Pro 75 Bold
- Janson Text Pro 76 Bold Italic
- Janson Text Std 55 Roman
- Janson Text Std 56 Italic
- Janson Text Std 75 Bold
- Janson Text Std 76 Bold Italic
Janson® Text Preview
Here is a preview of how Janson® Text will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
Is Janson® Text A free font? Is Janson® Text Free to Download?
No,Janson® Text 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 Janson® Text so please don't waste your time looking.
It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Janson® Text 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 Janson® Text remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Janson® Text 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. :)