In today’s post, we will provide you the great serif typeface known as the Charter Font that was designed by one of the most famous typeface designer Matthew Carter in 1987 for Bitstream Inc.
This typeface is also known as Bitstream Charter. The styling of this typeface is totally based on Pierre-Simon Fournier’s characters and you can easily found this styling in the 18th-century typefaces like futura font.
This typeface is originally designed so that it can be used in the printing of low-resolution designs that are of around 300 dpi in the 1980s but now it is really suitable for every type of printing design.
Charter Font is one of the most used typefaces inside Wikipedia. This roman typeface because of the pairing function used in GitHub and also present inside the adobe fonts library.
As this typeface gain popularity in such a short period of time so that the designer releases the pro version that includes additional symbols and letters that work well with the styling of herculanum font and its styles.
View of Charter Font
Before we go ahead look at the styling of this typeface in the below image.

Usage
As the font has an eye-catchy typeface, it is good for almost every section you need.
- Books
- Email marketing templates
- Postcards and flyers
- Images for websites and blogs
- Postcards and flyers
- Directories
- Museum exhibitions
- App design
Font Details
Name | Charter Font |
Style | Serif |
Designer | Matthew Carter |
File Format | OTF, TTF |
License | Free for Personal Use |
Type | Free Version |
License Information
This typeface cannot be used in commercial projects without permission but it is allowed to be used in private projects.
Charter Font Free Download
Here you can download the font that comes in the zip format but latter on you can extract is by using winrar or any other software and use in your projects.
Similar Fonts to Charter
- Premiéra.
- Brando.
- FF Milo Serif.
- Brando.
Font Family Includes
- ITC Charter Com Regular
- ITC Charter Regular OsF
- ITC Charter Com Regular Italic
- ITC Charter Regular Italic OsF
- ITC Charter Com Bold
- ITC Charter Bold OsF
- ITC Charter Com Bold Italic
- ITC Charter Bold Italic OsF
- ITC Charter Com Black
- ITC Charter Com Black Italic
- ITC Charter Regular SC
Supported Languages
Komi-Permyak, Kurdish, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz (Cyrillic), Ladin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low Saxon, Luxembourgian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay (Latinized), Maltese, Northern Sotho (Pedi), Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo, Ossetian, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Romanian, Romansh (Rumantsch), Rotokas, Russian, Rusyn.
Font FAQS!
What Type of Font Is Charter?
Charter is one of the best sans serif font that is designed and presented by Erik Spiekermann. It’s one of the most liked font on the web.
Can I Download and Use Charter Font in My Pc and Mac?
Yes! It’s free to download and use the Charter in your mac and pc.
Can I Use Charter for My Logo?
Of course! you can use the Charter for your logo as well as all other graphic designs projects.
What’s the Closest Font to Charter?
The Brando font is very close to the Charter font.
How to Install Charter Font in Adobe, Ms. Word?
We have a guide on installing Font in MS Word as well as in Adobe.