Megafont NOW equivalent for Jenson?

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Woody44
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Megafont NOW equivalent for Jenson?

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Does the Megafont NOW collection include an analog for Adobe Jenson? Many of the font names in Megafont NOW seem to be chosen to provide hints as to the "name brand" equivalents, but there aren't many that begin with 'J' and Jessica doesn't appear to be a clone of Jenson.

Jenson seems to be a recommended font for typesetting books for print, so I would like to find an equivalent.
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Re: Megafont NOW equivalent for Jenson?

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Woody44 wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:20 pm Does the Megafont NOW collection include an analog for Adobe Jenson?
Thank you for posting your query, but MegaFont Now doesn't contain the mentioned font.
lgsl
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Re: Megafont NOW equivalent for Jenson?

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Take a look at Cambridge and Cambridge Serial. Both are close matches to what you are looking for. Alternatively if you use Windows take a look at Centaur. Other non Megafont option: Bembo (There are some versions under public domain you can use). Notice: None of this options are stroke by stroke replacements. Why? Because All this fonts are variations from a really old font. Take a look at Jenson's history for details.
Also: If you have an old version of Adobe CS you may be able to find it there. They used to shop a version of Jenson with some of their products.

On a side-note: I find quite curious that someone with a graphics arts degree have such a hard time finding substitutes for well known commercial fonts.
Woody44
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Re: Megafont NOW equivalent for Jenson?

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Cambridge Pro is very close. Thank you.
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