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.
There are thousands ...
created by Frank Grießhammer for
Adobe Systems. It is the third
open-source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...
font family from Adobe, distributed under the
SIL Open Font License
The SIL Open Font License (or OFL in short) is one of the major open font licenses, which allows embedding, or "bundling", of the font in commercially sold products.
OFL is a free and open source license.
It was created by SIL Internationa ...
.
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
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 American ...
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 te ...
,
[ and five optical sizes.][ 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 technol ...
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.
See also
* Adobe Originals
Adobe's open-source family
* Source Sans Pro, the first member of Adobe's open-source family.
* 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.
* Source Han Sans
Source Han Sans is a sans-serif gothic typeface family created by Adobe and Google. It is also released by Google under the Noto fonts project as Noto Sans CJK. The family includes seven weights, and supports Traditional Chinese, Simplified Ch ...
, 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 ...
.
* Source Han Serif, the last member of Adobe's open-source family and includes CJK characters.
References
External links
Source Serif on Typekit
Source Serif specimen on GitHub
GitHub 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