Source Serif

Source Serif
CategorySerif
ClassificationTransitional serif Slab serif
Designer(s)Frank Grießhammer
FoundryAdobe Systems
Date created2014
LicenseSIL Open Font License
Latest release version4.004[1]
Latest release dateJanuary 25, 2021; 3 years ago (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".[8][9] 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]

  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. ^ a b Grießhammer, Frank (10 January 2017). "Introducing Source Serif 2.0". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b 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.