# Fanwood Text font

> A book serif in roman and italic with old-style figures, reviving a 1940 design by Rudolph Ruzicka.

Fanwood Text is a serif text typeface by Barry Schwartz that revives a design by Rudolph Ruzicka first published in 1940. Fanwood Text comes as a roman and an italic in one weight, with 934 glyphs and old-style figures. Fanwood Text is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits books, essays and e-reading.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Barry Schwartz
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 2 (Regular 400; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 934
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fanwood+Text
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/fanwood-text
- Tagged for: Editorial, Elegant

## About Fanwood Text

Fanwood Text is a serif typeface for continuous reading, offered as a roman and a matching italic. The official notes call it a revival of a typeface designed by the Czech-American Rudolph Ruzicka and first published in 1940, drawn slightly darker and with less contrast than the original so that it reads well on an e-book reader screen. In the specimen the lowercase is modest in height with long ascenders, serifs are thin and bracketed, and the numerals are old-style figures that rise and fall like lowercase letters. Capitals are wide and calm, and the Q has a long tail. The family has one weight, Regular 400, in two styles, and is not a variable font. Each font carries 934 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. The copyright notice names Barry Schwartz, and Fanwood Text is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011, Barry Schwartz (chemoelectric@chemoelectric.org)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Book interiors**: A roman with a true italic and old-style figures covers the needs of novels and essays in one small family.
- **E-books and long articles on screen**: The revival was darkened and reduced in contrast for e-reader displays, which helps thin strokes hold at text sizes.
- **Footnotes, dates and references**: Old-style numerals blend into lowercase text, so years and page numbers do not stand out as blocks.
- **Literary titles and epigraphs**: Wide capitals and the long-tailed Q give a quiet, bookish heading at larger sizes.

## Things to know

- **No bold**: There is one weight. Emphasis comes from the italic, not from a heavier cut.
- **Old-style figures by default**: The numerals shown in the specimen vary in height; they are not lining figures for tables.
- **Large character set**: Each of the fonts carries 934 glyphs across Latin and Latin Extended.

## FAQs

### Is Fanwood Text free for commercial use?

Yes. Fanwood Text is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1: it may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version must keep the same license.

### Who designed Fanwood Text?

Fanwood Text is credited to Barry Schwartz, who is named in the copyright notice. It revives a typeface by Rudolph Ruzicka first published in 1940.

### How many weights does Fanwood Text have?

Fanwood Text has one weight, Regular 400, in roman and italic. There is no bold.

### Does Fanwood Text have an italic?

Yes. Fanwood Text includes a separate italic font alongside the roman.

### Which languages does Fanwood Text support?

Fanwood Text includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Czech, Polish and Turkish.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/fanwood-text (trendhub)