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Newsreader

A variable text serif by Production Type with an optical size axis from 6 to 72 and weights from 200 to 800.

Serif 14 styles · variable by Production Type OFL

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Newsreader is a serif typeface by Production Type, made mainly for continuous reading on screens. Newsreader is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 800 and an optical size axis from 6 to 72, in roman and italic. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits articles, newsletters and editorial headlines.

Newsreader font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Production Type
Classification
Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
14 7 weights, with italics
Variable font
Yes Weight 200–800, Optical size 6–72
Glyphs
658
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.003
Used for
HeadlinesBody textEditorialElegant

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

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Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Newsreader; the download contains the complete files.

Newsreader font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Newsreader specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • ExtraLight 200Newsreader ExtraLight ExtraLight Italic
  • Light 300Newsreader Light Light Italic
  • Regular 400Newsreader Regular Italic
  • Medium 500Newsreader Medium Medium Italic
  • SemiBold 600Newsreader SemiBold SemiBold Italic
  • Bold 700Newsreader Bold Bold Italic
  • ExtraBold 800Newsreader ExtraBold ExtraBold Italic

Newsreader is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file per style, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Newsreader

Newsreader is a serif family that Production Type drew for long, uninterrupted reading on screens that carry a lot of content. The specimen shows a bookish structure: bracketed serifs, a moderate difference between thick and thin strokes, a modest lowercase height and long ascenders. Two variable axes shape the family. Weight runs from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, giving seven named weights, and optical size runs from 6 to 72 with a default of 18, so one file can be tuned for footnotes and for large titles. Roman and italic are separate variable files, 14 styles in all. The fonts contain 658 glyphs and cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. The font's name table credits Hugues Gentile as designer and Production Type as manufacturer. Newsreader was added to Google Fonts in 2020.

Where Newsreader works

Long-form articles
The family was drawn for continuous on-screen reading, and Regular with its italic covers body text and emphasis.
Footnotes and captions
Optical size values near 6 adapt the letterforms for very small type.
Magazine-style headlines
At optical sizes towards 72 the same family gives display cuts for titles above the text.
Email newsletters
Seven weights from 200 to 800 separate headings, standfirsts and body copy without a second typeface.
Vietnamese and Central European text
Latin Extended and Vietnamese glyphs carry the accents needed for Polish, Czech, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Glyphs

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Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 658 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2020 The Newsreader Project Authors (http://github.com/productiontype/Newsreader)

What the license allows

  • 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.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Newsreader

Inter Sans Serif

Newsreader sets the reading text while Inter, a sans serif that also has an optical size axis, handles navigation and labels.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Newsreader on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Newsreader";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Newsreader-Italic-VariableFont_opsz%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200 800;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Newsreader";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Newsreader-VariableFont_opsz%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200 800;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Newsreader", serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Newsreader with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Optical size from 6 to 72
The opsz axis defaults to 18. Browsers with automatic optical sizing pick a value from the font size; elsewhere it is set by hand.
Latin scripts only
Newsreader has no Cyrillic or Greek glyphs.
Two variable files
One file holds the romans and one the italics, each with both axes.

FAQs

Is Newsreader free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Newsreader may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed, but the fonts cannot be sold on their own and derivatives must carry the same license.

Who designed Newsreader?

Newsreader was designed by Production Type. The name table inside the font lists Hugues Gentile as designer.

How many weights does Newsreader have?

Newsreader has seven named weights, from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic. As a variable font it can also be set at any weight in between.

Is Newsreader a variable font?

Yes. Newsreader is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 800 and an optical size axis from 6 to 72.

Which languages does Newsreader support?

Newsreader includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish, Hungarian and Vietnamese. It does not cover Cyrillic or Greek.

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