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Source Serif

Source Serif is a serif typeface created by Frank Grießhammer for Adobe Systems. It is the third open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.

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Source Serif
CategorySerif
ClassificationTransitional serif, Slab serif
DesignerFrank Grießhammer
FoundryAdobe Systems
Date created2014
LicenseSIL Open Font License
Latest release version4.0041
Latest release dateJanuary 25, 2021 (2021-01-25)

Source Serif (known as Source Serif Pro before 2021)2 is a serif typeface created by Frank Grießhammer for Adobe Systems. It is the third open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.3

The typeface is inspired by the forms of Pierre Simon Fournier and is a complementary design to the Source Sans family.4 It is available in six weights in upright styles and italics,5 and five optical sizes.6 It is also available as a variable font with continuous weights from 200 to 900.7

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.5 In 2018, Latin italics were added in version "2.007R-ro/1.007R-it".89 In 2019, Greek and Cyrillic italic were added in version "3.000R".10 In 2021, a new release added optical sizes; the name "Pro" was dropped at this point.6

See also

See also

Adobe's open-source family

References

References

  1. "Serif typeface for setting text. Designed to complement Source Sans Pro: adobe-fonts/source-serif-pro". Adobe Fonts. 19 September 2019.
  2. "Commit 92b272c". adobe-fonts/source-serif. Adobe Inc. 21 January 2021 – via GitHub.
  3. Miñoza, Nicole (20 May 2014). "Introducing Source Serif: A new open source typeface from Adobe". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. Crossgrove, Carl (19 March 2015). "Source Serif". Typographica. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. Grießhammer, Frank (10 January 2017). "Introducing Source Serif 2.0". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. Grießhammer, Frank. "Source Serif gets optical sizes". Adobe Blog. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. "Variable Fonts — Source Serif Variable".
  8. Grießhammer, Frank (16 August 2018). "Source Serif Italics are here!". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. "Italics (GitHub issue)". GitHub.
  10. "Fonts version 3.000 (OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2, Variable)". GitHub. Adobe Systems Incorporated. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External links

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