Font Friday #1

Besley (free font)

Besley feels vintage, traditional & warm. The slab serif typeface Besley on a mobile phone in a headline, body text, a pull quote and a button.

Slab Serif typeface

from indestructible type*
designed by Owen Earl

Variable Font

3 axes: Weight, Width, Italic

36 Styles

6 Weights: Regular to Fatface
3 Widths: Normal, Narrow, Condensed
with matching italics

Additional Scripts

Cyrillic

Best for

  • Headings (display text)
  • Long reading text (body text)
  • User Interfaces (functional text)

License

Free

Specialty

A contemporary redesign of the all times classic Clarendron. It captures the vibe of the original but with more consistency, fitting italics in one beautiful variable font.

Get Besley*

My thoughts on Besley

I love this contemporary redesign of the all times classic Clarendron. It captures the vibe of the original but with more consistency, fitting italics in one beautiful variable font. And the Fatface is marvelously attention grabbing! Use it for your next long reading text project or as a stunning display typeface.

Recommended Font Pairing

Besley is a rational, contrasting serif typeface. If you want to give it a more modern twist, combine it with striking, rational The Neue Black.

Besley (free) Besley (free)
for Headings, Copy
The Neue Black (free) The Neue Black (free)
for Headings

Learn more about pairing typefaces using the Font Matrix.

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