Fanwood Italic Font

Fanwood Italic by Barry Schwartz is a free old-style serif italic with graceful proportions and a distinctly literary manner. Its broad capitals move through pronounced thick-thin changes, with fine hairlines and long, tapering curves. The lowercase is more fluid and compact, ending in lively curls and angled entry strokes.

Classical literary projects are its natural territory, especially poetry covers and historical programs. The refined slant also suits formal invitations and museum publishing, where it can supply expressive titles and pull quotes that belong to the page rather than feeling added as decoration.