Bitter by Sol Matas — Serif Font — preview 11 / 3
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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About Bitter Font

People read and interact with text on screens more and more each day. What happens on screen ends up being more important than what comes out of the printer. With the accelerating popularity of electronic books, type designers are working hard to seek out the ideal designs for reading on screen. Motivated by her love for the pixel, Sol Matas designed Bitter. A "contemporary" slab serif typeface for text, it is specially designed for comfortably reading on any computer or device. The robust design started from the austerity of the pixel grid, based on rational rather than emotional principles. It combines the large x-heights and legibility of the humanistic tradition with subtle characteristics in the characters that inject a certain rhythm to flowing texts. Bitter has little variation in stroke weight and the Regular style is thicker than a usual ‘Regular’ style for print design. This generates an intense color in paragraphs, accentuated by the serifs that are as thick as strokes with square terminals. Each glyph is carefully designed with an excellent curve quality added to the first stage of the design, that was entirely made in a pixel grid. The typeface is balanced and manually spaced to use very few kerning pairs. To contribute, see github.com/solmatas/BitterPro .

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Ultra-light, Classic, Refined, Serif
Use Case
Editorial, Print
Ideal For
book covers, long-form text, and traditional branding
Pairs With
a clean sans-serif for captions

Bitter Specifications

Font FamilyBitter Thin
StyleRegular
Full NameBitter Thin
Version3.021
Weight100 (Thin)
Glyph Count1542 glyphs
PostScript NameBitter-Thin
DesignerSol Matas, and Bitter project Authors
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size320.9 KB

Languages Supported

Bitter supports 427 languages.

How to Install Bitter Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the Bitter font file (.ttf or .otf).
  2. 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
  3. 3Right-click the font file.
  4. 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
  5. 5Bitter is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with Bitter Font?

Bitter Font is a versatile serif font that works for both headings and body text. Pair it with a contrasting sans-serif or slab serif font to add visual interest and a clear distinction between titles and body copy.

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Bitter Font

by Sol Matas

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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