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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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About Source Serif Font

Source Serif is a serif font designed by Frank Grießhammer. It includes 1464 glyphs, a regular weight, TTF (TrueType) format, and 385 languages. Source Serif is free to download; check the license details on this page before commercial use. Serif fonts like Source Serif work best for body text, editorial layouts, book covers, and classic branding.

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

Source Serif Specifications

Font FamilySource Serif 4 SmText
StyleRegular
Full NameSource Serif 4 SmText
Version4.005
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count1464 glyphs
PostScript NameSourceSerif4SmText-Regular
DesignerFrank Grießhammer
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size256.4 KB

OpenType Features

Source Serif ships with 15 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Small capitals from capitals
  • Case-sensitive forms
  • Fractions
  • Standard ligatures
  • Lining figures
  • Old-style figures
  • Ordinals
  • Proportional figures
  • Scientific inferiors
  • Small capitals
  • Subscripts
  • Superscripts
  • Tabular figures
  • Slashed zero
  • Stylistic sets (3)

Languages Supported

Source Serif supports 385 languages.

How to Install Source Serif Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

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

Source Serif 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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Source Serif Font

by Frank Grießhammer

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026

Source Serif Font is a serif typeface by Frank Grießhammer, ideal for logos, invitations, branding, and creative projects.

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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