Noto Serif Kannada by Google — Serif Font — preview 11 / 3
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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About Noto Serif Kannada Font

Noto Serif Kannada is a modulated (“serif”) design for texts in the Indic Kannada script. Noto Serif Kannada has multiple weights, contains 417 glyphs, 11 OpenType features, and supports 164 characters from 5 Unicode blocks: Kannada, Basic Latin, General Punctuation, Vedic Extensions, Devanagari. Supported writing systems Kannada Kannada ( ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿ ) is an Indic abugida, written left-to-right, partially with a headstroke (45 million users). Used in southern India for the Kannada language as well as Konkani, Tulu, Badaga, Kudiya, Paniya. Related to Telugu. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping). Read more on ScriptSource , Unicode , Wikipedia , Wiktionary , r12a .

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
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

Noto Serif Kannada Specifications

Font FamilyNoto Serif Kannada
StyleRegular
Full NameNoto Serif Kannada Regular
Version2.005
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count700 glyphs
PostScript NameNotoSerifKannada-Regular
DesignerUniversal Thirst, Indian Type Foundry and the Monotype Design Team
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size483.8 KB

OpenType Features

Noto Serif Kannada ships with 2 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Ordinals
  • Stylistic sets (1)
  • Variable font · axes: wght

Languages Supported

Noto Serif Kannada supports 284 languages.

How to Install Noto Serif Kannada Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the Noto Serif Kannada 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. 5Noto Serif Kannada is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with Noto Serif Kannada Font?

Noto Serif Kannada 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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Noto Serif Kannada Font

by Google

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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