What is the Herschel font?
Herschel ventures into the elaborate world of late 19th-century typography to bring its winsome charm and compelling aesthetics into modernity. Staying true to the spirit of its historical era of inspiration, Herschel was designed with extreme attention to detail. Although its aesthetic roots are firmly planted in the treasury of Gilded Age typography, it has been technically constructed to withstand all the rigorous demands that modern technology places on type today.
Herschel’s nostalgic, flared, and gently bifurcated serifs shine brightest when employed as display type, but are suited well for any application where inimitable character is needed. More…
Named after designer Brian Brubaker’s maternal grandfather, a retired dairy farmer of more than 60 years, Herschel is available in six delectable weights: Skim, One Percent, Two Percent, Whole, Creamline, and Butter.
Features overview:
• 800+ glyphs per weight
• 120+ stylistic alternates
• Upper and lower case
• Titling/Drop capitals with multiple and contextual ligatures
• Lining, oldstyle, proportional, and tabular figures
• Standard and discretionary ligatures
• Unique dingbats and special characters
• International language support for 200+ latin-based languages, including Vietnamese
Herschel Font families
The Herschel includes the following font families:
- Herschel Skim
- Herschel One Percent
- Herschel Two Percent
- Herschel Whole
- Herschel Creamline
- Herschel Butter
Herschel Preview
Here is a preview of how Herschel will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
You're probably thinking - Is Herschel available to Download for free?
The short answer is no. Herschel is definitely not available as a free download font. This is a premium font which mean that you will have to pay to download and use it in your project. We showcase fonts on SharedFonts that are almost all premium fonts. Feel free to waste valuable hours of your time searching for a free download of Herschel, but take it from me, you will not be successful in your quest. Just think how much time and effort you will save if you just pay for Herschel and be done with it.
It is always best to pay for a premium font rather than trying to find an illegal download. The benefits of paying for Herschel is that you get the license to use it leagally. If you're using an illegal version of Herschel and you get caught, you or your client could get into some trouble legally with the publisher of Herschel.
Also it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Herschel for free. Doing various searches on Google such as "Free Herschel Download" you will see a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Herschel remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Herschel and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)
