Restora alternatives

Restora is commercial (about $139) and not licensed, so it only shows below where it is installed; elsewhere it falls back to Fraunces. All other faces are open-licence (SIL OFL), free on web, desktop and Canva-style uploads, and load from Google Fonts. Polyamine is a local font and shows only where installed. Each card tests the heading at 24px above Bricolage body at 16px, the real working size, then a billboard-ish line at 45px.

Restora (reference, not licensed)

Come to a call

Seeds of Renaissance is a movement for a new renaissance. Come as you are, bring what you carry, and leave with company.

We are pioneers seeding a world that works for everyone.

Commercial, Nasir Udin, MyFonts. Source. Shows only where installed.

Fraunces (current fallback)

The papers

Long reads on the crises of our time and the new worlds being born inside them. Take your time with them.

We are living through such moments.

Warm, soft, wonky old-style; variable, so weights and softness are tunable. Closest in feel.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts

Young Serif

Why we are here

We are here because the old story is ending and a new one needs many hands. Join us in writing it.

A new renaissance is rising.

Sturdy, friendly, a little imperfect, in the spirit of old wood-type. Single weight, no italic, no swashes.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts

Gloock

Come to a call

Every week we gather online to listen, share and imagine. No preparation needed, only presence.

We create a new world through our work.

High-contrast, expressive display serif with character. Single weight, no italic; richer than Restora at size.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts

Instrument Serif

The papers

Essays, field notes and conversations from people tending the seeds of what comes next.

For all the living beings whose heart burns to see a new world emerge.

Condensed, elegant, with a lovely italic. Light and narrow, so small sizes look thin.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts

Newsreader

Why we are here

We believe renewal is built by ordinary people in small, courageous groups, working side by side.

Seeds do not wait for permission.

Optical sizes and a full italic; calm and readable at 24px, but more editorial than warm.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts

Cormorant

Come to a call

Seeds of Renaissance holds open space for people ready to begin again. Sit with us a while.

Rebirth is a practice, not a date.

Garamond-like, graceful, with a true italic. Very small x-height, so it needs size.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts

DM Serif Display

The papers

Short, honest writing about the shift underway and how to take part in it.

Come as you are.

Bold high-contrast Didone-leaning display; strong but cooler and more formal than Restora.

SIL OFL 1.1. Google Fonts