Fonts that support Greek
Open-license families with Greek glyphs beside Latin, for Greek-language sites and for mathematics, science and classics.
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Greek has two quite different groups of users. One is the millions of people who read and write modern Greek every day and need typefaces for news, apps, signage and books. The other is everyone who meets Greek letters as symbols: in mathematics and physics, in statistics, in fraternity names, in the study of ancient texts. A font's Greek may suit one group and not the other.
For continuous Greek text, the lowercase is what matters. Greek lowercase letters are rounder and more cursive than Latin ones, with many curved strokes and descenders, and a good design lets them keep that flowing quality instead of forcing them into Latin shapes. Look at a paragraph for even color, and check the accents: modern Greek needs only the tonos and dialytika, which is the monotonic set. Classical and Biblical Greek need the polytonic set, with breathings and several accents stacked on vowels, and far fewer fonts include it.
For symbols, almost any Greek-capable family will do, but choose one whose Greek matches the weight of your text face so that a formula does not look pasted in. Each font page lists its character sets.
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GFS Didot
From the Greek Font Society, based on the Greek type Firmin Didot cut in 1805, with the Greek Extended set included.
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Roboto
Greek in nine weights with italics, alongside Cyrillic.
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Inter
Greek and Cyrillic in a screen sans with nine weights and italics.
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Source Sans 3
Greek, including the extended range, on a weight axis from 200 to 900 with italics.
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Noto Serif
A text serif with Greek and Greek Extended sets, nine weights and italics.
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Lato
Greek and Cyrillic in five weights with italics.
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IBM Plex Sans
Greek and Cyrillic in seven weights with italics.
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Arimo
3,244 glyphs across Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Hebrew.
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Google Sans
Greek among 25 subsets, in four weights with italics.
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Roboto Slab
A slab serif with Greek and Cyrillic in nine upright weights.
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Roboto Mono
A monospace with Greek and Cyrillic, in seven weights with italics.
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Alegreya
A calligraphic text serif with Greek and Cyrillic, variable from Regular to Black with italics.
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Vollkorn
A sturdy text serif with Greek and Cyrillic, with italics.
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Didact Gothic
A single-weight geometric sans with schoolbook letter shapes, covering Latin, Cyrillic and Greek.
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Noto Sans Display
18 styles for large sizes, with Greek and Cyrillic.
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Fira Mono
Regular, Medium and Bold in a monospace with Cyrillic and Greek, including the extended Greek range.
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Cousine
A fixed-width sans in Regular and Bold with italics, covering Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew.
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Syne
A display sans that grows wider as it grows bolder; its Greek was added in 2022.
Samples load a basic Latin subset of each family. Every family here carries an open license; its page states the terms and offers the original files.
Questions about fonts that support Greek
What is the difference between monotonic and polytonic Greek?
Monotonic is the modern system with a single accent mark, the tonos, plus the dialytika. Polytonic is the older system with several accents and breathing marks, needed for ancient and Biblical Greek; its letters sit in the Greek Extended block. Check a font's character sets for "greek-ext" if you need polytonic.
Can I use these fonts for Greek letters in formulas?
Yes, for simple cases. For heavy mathematical typesetting a dedicated math font is more complete, but a text family with Greek keeps inline symbols consistent with the prose.
Are these fonts free for commercial projects?
Yes. Nearly all are under the SIL Open Font License and Roboto Slab is under the Apache License 2.0; both permit commercial use and embedding.