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- PT Serif
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, serious
PT Serif
About the font
PT Serif is a free font by ParaType, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 392 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
PT Serif is a serif font in the serif category that supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts. The family has 4 styles with weights from 400 to 700 and contains 719 glyphs; it is not a variable font. It is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license. The typeface was designed by ParaType and is intended for use together with PT Sans.
Author
ParaType
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
719
Character and uses
- Mood
- serious
- calm
- Design
- humanist
- high contrast
- Good for
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
PT Serif has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 392 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Kazakh
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Romanian
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
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- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Shona
- Low German
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Haitian Creole
- Tajik
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Uzbek
- Norwegian
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Mongolian
- Sango
- Kyrgyz
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Tatar
- Slovenian
- Bashkir
- Chuvash
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Macedonian
- Kongo
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
- Sena
…and 284 more languages that are not listed here.
Special characters
Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.
- Kazakhstani Tenge — Not included
- Russian Ruble — Included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
- Indian Rupee — Included
- British Pound — Included
- Japanese Yen — Included
- US Dollar — Included
- Yo (Ё ё) — Included
- Numero sign — Included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 717
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.000W OFL
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Kerning
kern - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Ordinals
ordn
License at a glance
A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.
OFL-1.1
- Commercial projects
- Allowed
- Embedding on a website
- Allowed
- Modifying the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Sharing the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Credit and notices
- Keep the notices when you share the font
- Selling the font on its own
- Not allowed
Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.
Read the license textHow to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- fonts.google.com/specimen/PT+Serif
- Designer’s page
- paratype.com/help/designers
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the PT Serif font free to use?
Yes. PT Serif is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does PT Serif support Cyrillic?
Yes, PT Serif includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does PT Serif support?
PT Serif covers 392 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.
How do I install PT Serif?
Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.
Who created PT Serif?
PT Serif was created by ParaType.
What is PT Serif good for?
Judging by its design, PT Serif suits: body text, magazines and editorial, headings, packaging.
Pairs well with PT Serif
More pairs and your own text- Heading
- PT Sans Narrow
- Body text
- PT Serif
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, serious
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