Puritan Bold

Puritan Bold, from Typographer Mediengestaltung, is a free retro serif display font with a soft, chunky silhouette and a slightly storybook mood. The letters pair broad, dark strokes with rounded joins and bulb-like details, giving the alphabet a warm early-print feel rather than a strict or polished one.

It works well for vintage packaging, café menus, poster headlines, children’s book covers, and magazine title lines, where a free font with this kind of friendly heft can set the tone fast. Use it when you want short words, initials, or drop caps to feel old-fashioned and tactile, because the shapes have a sturdy handmade bounce instead of crisp formality.