# GFS Didot font > A Greek and Latin serif from the Greek Font Society, based on the Greek type Firmin Didot cut in 1805. GFS Didot is a serif from the Greek Font Society, drawn by Takis Katsoulidis, with digitisation by George Matthiopoulos, after Firmin Didot's Greek type of 1805. GFS Didot has one Regular style with 1,107 glyphs for Greek, Greek Extended and Latin. GFS Didot is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits books and scholarly text. ## Facts - Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif) - Designed by: Greek Font Society - License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/) - Styles: 1 (Regular 400) - Variable font: No - Glyphs: 1107 - Character sets: greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese - Last updated: 2025-09-10 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/GFS+Didot - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/gfs-didot - Tagged for: Editorial, Elegant ## About GFS Didot GFS Didot is a serif typeface for Greek with a companion Latin alphabet. Its Greek goes back to a type that the French typecutter Firmin Didot designed in Paris in 1805, which Adamantios Korais adopted for his publishing programme and which reached Greece in 1821 with a field press brought by Didot's grandson. According to the official notes, that type served as the base for GFS Didot in 1994: Takis Katsoulidis designed it and George Matthiopoulos digitised it for the Greek Font Society. The Latin shown in the specimen has clear thick-and-thin contrast, bracketed serifs and ball terminals on letters such as a, c and r. The family is one Regular style with 1,107 glyphs, covering Greek, Greek Extended, Latin and Vietnamese character sets. There is no bold or italic in the package. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1. ## License SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) Takis Katsoulidis and George D. Matthiopoulos, 2001. All rights reserved. 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 - **Greek-language books**: The Greek follows the Didot type that, according to the official notes, was the usual choice for Greek publications until the late twentieth century. - **Editions of ancient and scholarly Greek**: The Greek Extended character set supplies the accented and aspirated letters that such texts need. - **Greek and English side by side**: A Latin alphabet designed to accompany the Greek keeps both languages in one typeface on a bilingual page. - **Titles and headings**: Thin hairlines against heavier stems show clearly when a title is set large. ## Things to know - **One style**: GFS Didot is a single Regular style. Bold and italic are not part of this package, and it is not a variable font. - **Greek Extended is included**: Alongside modern Greek, the files hold the Greek Extended character set. - **The Latin is a companion design**: The Greek is the historical core of the typeface; the official notes describe the Latin as a matching design that accompanies it. ## FAQs ### Is GFS Didot free for commercial use? Yes. GFS Didot is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license. ### Who designed GFS Didot? GFS Didot was drawn by Takis Katsoulidis, and George Matthiopoulos digitised it for the Greek Font Society. Its basis is Firmin Didot's Greek type of 1805. ### How many weights does GFS Didot have? GFS Didot has one weight, Regular 400, and no italic in this package. ### Does GFS Didot support polytonic Greek? GFS Didot includes the Greek Extended character set, which holds the accented and aspirated letters, in addition to the standard Greek set. ### Which languages does GFS Didot support? GFS Didot includes the letters needed for Greek and for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese. Cyrillic is not included. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/gfs-didot (trendhub)