Monument font
Old Style headstone font
warm old-style serif with calligraphic stress and soft bracketed serifs.
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OCT. 9, 1941
SEPT. 18, 1955
About Old Style
Old Style is a warm old-style serif with calligraphic stress and soft bracketed serifs: friendly, readable and traditional.
When to use Old Style
- Matching warm, bookish serif lettering
- Epitaph lines and longer text
When to avoid Old Style
- Stones lettered in stark geometric or block styles
Common pairings
Patterns that work when Old Style appears alongside other lettering on the same stone:
- Engraved Script — A soft script complements a warm old-style serif.
History and typographic context
Sorts Mill Goudy is Barry Schwartz’s revival of an early 20th-century old-style design.
Frequently asked questions
- Will it match the lettering already on the stone exactly?
- Only if the stone was cut in a very similar style. Monumize compares the photo with every font it offers and tells you when the match is only the closest style. Always check the outline on your own photo, and the 1:1 PDF against the stone, before cutting.
- Can I use Sorts Mill Goudy for commercial cutting?
- Yes. Sorts Mill Goudy is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use. The cut files you download are lettering outlines made with it.
Ready to see Old Style on your stone?
Monument shops can upload a photo of the stone, match the lettering and see the new date outlined in Old Style on a photo of the actual stone.