# DM Serif Text font > The sturdier, lower-contrast sibling of DM Serif Display, meant for subheadings and smaller sizes. DM Serif Text is a transitional serif by Colophon Foundry, drawn as the lower-contrast counterpart to DM Serif Display. DM Serif Text offers Regular 400 in upright and italic, each with 355 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits subheadings, standfirsts and short passages of text. ## Facts - Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif) - Designed by: Colophon Foundry - License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/) - Styles: 2 (Regular 400; with italics) - Variable font: No - Glyphs: 355 - Character sets: latin, latin-ext - Last updated: 2025-09-02 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/DM+Serif+Text - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/dm-serif-text - Tagged for: Headlines, Editorial, Elegant ## About DM Serif Text DM Serif Text is a serif typeface made as the more robust partner of DM Serif Display. Its thin strokes are heavier than those of the Display version, while the serifs stay fine; the specimen shows ball terminals on a, c, f and r and a capital Q with a sweeping tail. According to the official notes it is intended for smaller subheadings and text sizes, where the Display hairlines would become too faint. The family has a single weight, Regular 400, in upright and italic, two styles in all, and each file contains 355 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. Colophon Foundry designed it from the Latin part of Adobe's Source Serif Pro by Frank Grießhammer. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and joined Google Fonts in 2019. ## License SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2014-2018 Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/), with Reserved Font Name 'Source'. All Rights Reserved. Source is a trademark of Adobe in the United States and/or other countries. Copyright 2019 Google LLC. 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 - **Subheadings under a display title**: It was drawn to follow DM Serif Display at smaller sizes, so the two share shapes while the Text cut keeps its thin strokes visible. - **Standfirsts and intro paragraphs**: Lower contrast holds up in a few lines of text set between a headline and the body copy. - **Pull quotes and captions**: The italic gives quotations and picture captions a second voice. - **Menus and printed cards**: Short entries set in a dark Regular with fine serifs read clearly at modest sizes. - **Article titles on blogs**: The strokes are dark enough for medium-sized headings on screen, where a hairline display face would break up. ## Things to know - **One weight, two styles**: Only Regular 400 exists, upright and italic. There is no bold for emphasis inside running text. - **Darker than a book face**: The Regular is visibly heavy in the specimen, so long pages set in it look dense. - **Latin and Latin Extended only**: The 355 glyphs do not include Cyrillic, Greek or Vietnamese. ## FAQs ### Is DM Serif Text free for commercial use? DM Serif Text is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so it can be used in personal and commercial projects without a fee, and it can be modified and redistributed. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission. The license text has the final word. ### Who designed DM Serif Text? DM Serif Text was designed by Colophon Foundry, starting from the Latin part of Source Serif Pro, Frank Grießhammer's design for Adobe. ### How many weights does DM Serif Text have? DM Serif Text has one weight, Regular 400, in upright and italic. It is not a variable font. ### Can DM Serif Text be used for body text? DM Serif Text was made for smaller subheadings and text sizes, so short passages work. With no bold and a dark Regular, it is less suited to long articles that need emphasis. ### Which languages does DM Serif Text support? DM Serif Text includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Romanian. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/dm-serif-text (trendhub)