About The Font
Bookman Old Style Font is a serif typeface font. It was designed by Ong Chong Wah. But the origin of Bookman Old Style is called Oldstyle Antique and was designed by A. C. Phemister circa 1858 for the Miller and Richard foundry in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was customized by many American foundries according to their needs. That’s why it’s called Bookman.
It has four basic styles: Bookman Old Style, Bookman Old Style Bold, Bookman Old Style Bold Italic, and Bookman Old Style Italic. Bookman Old Style is based on earlier Lanston Monotype and ATF models. The italic styles have been following the old-style antique italics of Miller and Richard since the beginning.
Bookman Old Style Font is available in both free and paid versions. You can’t customize the free version. So you should use the free version for your personal or small projects. It is simple to get access. Just move to the download section and hit the download button.
Usage
It was popular in the phototypesetting period when people would use a clear but stylish font in their books. You can use it heavily for writing purposes. You can make any type of document or report with it. The italic font is highly appreciated for children’s books and poetry books.
You can use it in presentations, posters, banners, logos, brochures, brands, and calendars. It can also be used in booklets, leaflets, billboards, business cards, diaries, and so on. It is suitable both for print and digital media. So you can use it in magazines and newspapers as well as on blogs and websites.
It has been included in Microsoft Office products since version 4.3, except in Windows 7. If you buy the license, you can manage all your projects with it because it is highly customizable. It is now up to you to do whatever you want. But you should try the free version at least once to get a feel for the power of this font.
Font information
| Name | Bookman Old Style Font |
| Style | Serif |
| Designer | Ong Chong Wah |
| File Format | OTF, TTF |
| Font Licence | Free for Personal Use |
| Type | Free Version |
License Information
Bookman Old Style has both free and paid versions. It gives a lot of facilities in the free version, by which you can handle all your personal projects and many business projects. To get all the functionalities, you have to collect the license from the owner. But, you have to test the free version first. It will give you an overall idea of the Bookman Old Style font.
Download
Free Bookman Old Style font is here. You don’t need to sign up, provide an email, subscription, or anything else. Simply click on the download button and have unlimited fun.
Font Family
Bookman Old Style has a total of eight styles with four basic.
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE BOLD
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE BOLD ITALIC
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE ITALIC
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE REGULAR
- BOOKMAN BOLD SWASH
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE CYR
- BOOKMAN OLD STYLE STD
Similar to Bookman Old Style Font
Bookman Old Style has a lot of similar fonts. Here we added some of the closest fonts.
- TC Bookman
- ITC Stone Serif
- Swift
- Birka
- Octava
- EF Magna
Bookman Old Style Font Pairing
Font pairings have no straightforward rules. It depends upon your projects, choices, and design concepts. However, you can try the following combinations.
- Twentieth Century
- Ames Roman
- Columbia Sans
- Suisse Int’l
- Emigre
- Monotype
- FontFont
- Production Type
- Fort Foundry
- Nimbus Sans
- Gotham
- Clarendon
- Futura
Bookman Old Style Language Support
Bookman Old Style font supports a lot of languages. Here are all included.
English, Low Saxon, Luxembourgian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay (Latinized), Maltese, Northern Sotho (Pedi), Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Ossetian, Pangasinan, Interglossa (Glosa), Interlingua, Irish (Gaelic), Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jèrriais, Kabardian, Kalmyk (Cyrillic), Karachay (Cyrillic), Kashubian, Kazakh (Cyrillic), Khakas, Khalkha, Khanty, Kildin Sami, Komi-Permyak, Kurdish, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz (Cyrillic), Ladin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard,Papiamento, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Romanian, Romansh (Rumantsch), Rotokas, Russian, Rusyn, Sami (Inari), Sami (Lule), Sami (Northern), Samoan, Sardinian (Sardu), Scots (Gaelic), Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Seychellois Creole (Seselwa), Shona, Sicilian, Slovak, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Aragonese, Arapaho, Aromanian, Arrernte, Asturian, Aymara, Azerbaijani (Cyrillic), Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Belarusian (Lacinka), Bislama, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Buryat (Cyrillic), Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chechen, Cheyenne, Chichewa (Nyanja), Chuvash, Cimbrian, Corsican, Croatian, Cyrillic, Czech, Danish, Dungan, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Evenki (Cyrillic), Faroese, Fijian, Finnish, French, French Creole (Saint Lucia), Frisian, Friulian, Galician, Genoese, German, Gilbertese (Kiribati), Manx, Maori, Meadow Mari, Megleno-Romanian, Míkmaq, Mohawk, Moldovan, Nahuatl, Nenets, Norfolk/Pitcairnese, Slovenian (Slovene), Somali, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho (Sesotho), Spanish, Swahili, Swati/Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino/Pilipino), Tahitian, Tajik, Tatar (Cyrillic), Tausug, Tetum (Tetun), Tok Pisin, Tongan (Faka-Tonga), Tswana, Turkmen, Turkmen (Cyrillic), Turkmen (Latinized), Tuvaluan, Tuvin, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Ulithian, Uyghur (Cyrillic), Uyghur (Latinized), Uzbek (Cyrillic), Veps, Vietnamese, Volapük, Votic (Cyrillic), Votic (Latinized), Walloon, Warlpiri, Welsh, Xhosa, Yakut/Sakha, Yapese, Zulu.
FAQs
What type of font Is Bookman Old Style?
Ans: Bookman Old Style Font is a serif typeface font. It was designed by Ong Chong Wah.
Can I use Bookman Old Style Font on My Website?
Ans: Yes, you can. You can use it on the website both for designing and titling. It will increase the beauty of your website.
Is Bookman Old Style a free font?
Ans: Bookman Old Style has both free and paid versions. For getting full access you need to buy the paid version. But there are a lot of advanced features in the free version by which you could manage all your personal projects and many commercial projects.
Can I download and use Bookman Old Style font on My Pc and Mac?
Ans: Yes, it is available for all electronic devices and operating systems. You can simply download and use it on your PC and Mac.
Can I use Bookman Old Style for my logo?
Ans: Yes, you can make static, animated, and 3D logos with it.
How to Install Bookman Old Style Font in Adobe, Ms. Word, Mac, or PC?
Ans: Please check the installation process of the Bookman Old Style font for Adobe, MS Word, Mac, and PC.
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