# Crimson Text font

> A book serif in the old-style tradition by Sebastian Kosch, with three weights and italics.

Crimson Text is a serif typeface family by Sebastian Kosch, made for book production in the tradition of old-style typefaces. Crimson Text has three weights, Regular, SemiBold and Bold, each with an italic, six styles in all. Crimson Text is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits books, essays and long articles.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Sebastian Kosch
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 6 (Regular 400, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 720
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-05-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Crimson+Text
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/crimson-text
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial

## About Crimson Text

Crimson Text is a serif family that Sebastian Kosch designed for setting books. The official notes describe the aim as a free Garamond-inspired text face that includes refinements such as old-style figures, small caps, fleurons and maths characters, and they cite Jan Tschichold, Robert Slimbach and Jonathan Hoefler as influences. In the specimen the round letters have slanted stress, the serifs are bracketed, the x-height is moderate and the contrast is noticeable without being extreme; the default numerals are lining figures. The family has six static styles: Regular 400, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic. It is not a variable font. The fonts contain 720 glyphs with Latin, extended Latin and Vietnamese subsets. A March 2022 update fixed several bugs and evened out line spacing across the styles. Crimson Text was added to Google Fonts in 2011 and is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2010 The Crimson Text Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Crimson)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Novels and book interiors**: Book production is the stated purpose, and Regular with its italic covers running text and emphasis.
- **Essays and journal articles**: SemiBold 600 gives subheadings a step up from the text that is gentler than Bold.
- **Printed reports**: Six styles are enough for body, captions, headings and bold-italic emphasis in a document.
- **Reading-focused blogs**: Moderate x-height and bracketed serifs give paragraphs a bookish texture on screen.
- **Vietnamese prose**: The Vietnamese subset is included alongside Latin and extended Latin.

## Things to know

- **Three weights, no light**: The weights are 400, 600 and 700; there is no Light or Medium.
- **Static files**: Crimson Text is not a variable font; the package holds six TTF files.
- **No Cyrillic or Greek**: Subsets are Latin, extended Latin and Vietnamese.

## FAQs

### Is Crimson Text free for commercial use?

Yes. Crimson Text is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so it may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions keep the same license.

### Who designed Crimson Text?

Crimson Text was designed by Sebastian Kosch. The copyright notice names The Crimson Text Project Authors.

### How many weights does Crimson Text have?

Crimson Text has three weights, Regular 400, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic, for six styles.

### Is Crimson Text a variable font?

No. Crimson Text is not a variable font; it is supplied as six static files.

### Which languages does Crimson Text support?

Crimson Text includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/crimson-text (trendhub)