Source Serif is a serif
typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
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created by Frank Grießhammer for
Adobe Systems
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and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the crea ...
. It is the third
open-source
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font family from Adobe, distributed under the
SIL Open Font License.
The typeface is inspired by the forms of
Pierre Simon Fournier
Pierre-Simon Fournier (15 September 1712 – 8 October 1768) was a French mid-18th century punch-cutter, typefounder and typographic theoretician. He was both a collector and originator of types. Fournier's contributions to printing were his cre ...
and is a complementary design to the
Source Sans family. It is available in six weights in upright styles and
italics
In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylised form of calligraphic handwriting. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the right. Italics are a way to emphasise key points in a printed tex ...
,
and five
optical size
In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a "sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of a range of such fonts that shared an overall design.
In mode ...
s.
It is also available as a
variable font
A variable font (VF) is a font file that is able to store a continuous range of design variants. An entire typeface (font family) can be stored in such a file, with an infinite number of fonts available to be sampled.
The variable font technolo ...
with continuous weights from 200 to 900.
The first version, named "Source Serif Pro", was released in 2014. Version 2.0 was released in 2017 and introduced support for more Latin characters, Cyrillic, and Greek.
In 2018, Latin italics were added in version "2.007R-ro/1.007R-it". In 2019, Greek and Cyrillic italic were added in version "3.000R".
In 2021, a new release added optical sizes; the name "Pro" was dropped at this point.
See also
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Adobe Originals
The Adobe Originals program is a series of digital typefaces created by Adobe Systems from 1989 for professional use, intended to be of extremely high design quality while offering a large feature set across many languages. Many are strongly influ ...
Adobe's open-source family
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Source Sans Pro
Source Sans Pro is a sans serif typeface created by Paul D. Hunt, released by Adobe in 2012. It is the first open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.
The typeface is inspired by the forms of the Americ ...
, the first member of Adobe's open-source family.
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Source Code Pro
Source Code Pro is a monospaced sans serif typeface created by Paul D. Hunt for Adobe Systems. It is the second open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.
Source Code Pro (2012)
Source Code Pro is a set ...
, the second member of Adobe's open-source family.
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Source Han Sans
Source Han Sans is a sans-serif East Asian gothic typeface, gothic typeface family created by Adobe Inc., Adobe and Google. It is also released by Google under the Noto fonts project as Noto Sans CJK. The family includes seven weights, and suppo ...
, the fourth member of Adobe's open-source family and the first to include
CJK characters
In internationalization, CJK characters is a collective term for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, all of which include Chinese characters and derivatives in their writing systems, sometimes paired with other scripts. Collectively, the ...
.
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Source Han Serif
Source Han Serif (also known as Noto Serif CJK) is a serif Song/Ming typeface created by Adobe and Google.
Design
Latin-script letters and numerals are from the Source Serif Pro font. Changzhou SinoType Co., Ltd., Iwata Corporation and Sandol ...
, the last member of Adobe's open-source family and includes CJK characters.
References
External links
Source Serif on TypekitSource Serif specimen on GitHubGitHub project page
{{Free and open-source typography
Transitional serif typefaces
Adobe typefaces
Free software Unicode typefaces
Typefaces with text figures
Computer-related introductions in 2014