Bentham
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Bentham is a serif typeface designed by Ben Weiner of Reading Type, first released in 2009. The font draws inspiration from the lettering found on nineteenth-century maps, gravestones, and the maker's plates of cast-iron machinery. This heritage gives Bentham a distinctive character that combines historical authenticity with modern typographic refinement.
This typeface is well suited for editorial layouts, book design, website body text, article headlines, historical-themed projects, and any application that benefits from a traditional serif foundation. The nineteenth-century industrial letterforms provide a unique aesthetic that distinguishes Bentham from more conventional serif options.
Bentham is available on Google Fonts under the SIL Open Font License, making it completely free for both personal and commercial use. The font comes in a single regular style and can be downloaded in TTF and OTF formats from Google Fonts, Font Squirrel, and other repositories.
Bentham-Regular.ttf
Regular • 54.2 KB
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