About Bailon
Bailon is our alluring typography pick, and it is a pick rather than a default — we looked at the shelf twice before leaving it on. It comes from zafira.type. The review tab is empty. That is normal here and not a warning, but it does put the preview in charge. It sits at 2 saves — too few to call it popular, which is exactly why it is worth a look before everyone else finds it.
A serif is for reading, so judge it by a full sentence rather than a word — the rhythm only shows up across a line. If you want one use for it, take bailon extra bold: that is the direction the designer clearly had in mind, and it is the one we would follow. The licence tab and the full-size preview are the whole of our due diligence here, and they take about a minute between them.
Search for bold serif, bold typeface, branding and classic and this is the file those words land on; they are all the same font, filed under whichever phrase you happened to type. Its home here is Serif Fonts — open that shelf if you would rather compare a few before choosing. Judged against the requests we see — serif fonts and script and serif font combinations — this is a middle-of-the-road answer, and middle of the road is usually what the job needs.
Bailon Specifications
| Font name | Bailon |
|---|---|
| Designer | zafira.type |
| Font type | Serif Fonts |
| Format | Digital download |
| Rating | Not rated yet |
| Reviews | None yet |
| Saved by | 2 makers on Creative Fabrica |
| Where to get it | Creative Fabrica |
How to use this font
- Download the font from Creative Fabrica and unzip it — you normally get OTF and TTF of the same face, plus a licence file.
- Install the OTF if your software gives you the choice: it carries the alternates and ligatures that make a script face look handwritten.
- Restart the app you design in — Canva, Photoshop, Cricut Design Space and Word all read the font list once, at launch.
- Read the licence before a paid job: personal and commercial use are priced apart, and a logo often needs the extended one.
Download Details
- Format: Digital download
- Files: listed on the Creative Fabrica page for this font
- Licence: whichever licence Creative Fabrica shows for this file — check it there before you sell what you make
