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Besley

by Owen Earl
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Size40px
Letter Space0px
Leading1.2
Regular · 400▾
Variable Axes
Weight
400
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Medium · 500▾
Variable Axes
Weight
500
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
SemiBold · 600▾
Variable Axes
Weight
600
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Bold · 700▾
Variable Axes
Weight
700
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
ExtraBold · 800▾
Variable Axes
Weight
800
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Black · 900▾
Variable Axes
Weight
900
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Regular Italic · 400▾
Variable Axes
Weight
400
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Medium Italic · 500▾
Variable Axes
Weight
500
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
SemiBold Italic · 600▾
Variable Axes
Weight
600
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Bold Italic · 700▾
Variable Axes
Weight
700
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
ExtraBold Italic · 800▾
Variable Axes
Weight
800
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
Black Italic · 900▾
Variable Axes
Weight
900
Width
100
Stylistic Alternates
About

Besley is a Clarendon-style slab serif by Owen Earl, released through his Indestructible Type foundry. It is named after Robert Besley, who cut the original Clarendon in 1845, and builds that model out into a full family with weights from Regular to Black, matching italics, and a variable width axis. The bracketed slab serifs and even color let it hold up in running text as well as in headlines.

Besley is a free alternative to Clarendon.

Details
Released 2026
Type Variable, 1 Alternates
Author Owen Earl
License OFL ↗
Languages Latin
Tags Text, Serif, Slab
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