Amazing free serif fonts typefaces you need to download in 2020, part 2

Butler

Fabian De Smet’s (awesome name, bud) Butler is, according to its designer

a mix between both Dala Floda & the amazing Bodoni family

I can definitely see the Bodoni influence in the highly-contrasting strokes of the letterforms. The Dala Floda influence is more apparent in the stencil version of the typeface.

There’s no doubt that, whichever version and weight (of which there are many, from ultralight to black) you decide to use, Butler is a gorgeous typeface. However, it’s definitely less flexible than Cormorant, mostly owing to its lack of italics. Its highly-contrasting strokes are also a strike (see what I did there?) against its flexibility since body text set in Butler will be relatively difficult to read.

It’s in scenarios where a font is meant to be eye-catching that Butler really shines. The typeface website says that it’s “great for posters, very big titles, books & fancy stuff”, which is pretty spot-on.

You can download Butler HERE.

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