# Noticia Text font

> A humanist slab serif by JM Solé for digital newspaper text, with a tall lowercase and unusually small capitals.

Noticia Text is a humanist slab serif by JM Solé, designed for running text in digital newspapers on websites and mobile apps. Noticia Text has Regular and Bold with true italics, four styles in total, and 693 glyphs covering Latin and Vietnamese. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits news articles and small screen text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Slab Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/slab-serif)
- Designed by: JM Solé
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 4 (Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 693
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noticia+Text
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/noticia-text
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial

## About Noticia Text

Noticia Text is a slab serif typeface made for the body copy of online newspapers. Its lowercase is tall, the serifs are large and blunt, and the openings of letters such as c, e and s are wide, which keeps words clear at small sizes on coarse screens. The capitals are noticeably short; the official notes suggest they can stand in for small caps when a little tracking is added. Round letters have a break in their inner curve, a device that allows straighter stems and more open counters at text sizes. The family has Regular and Bold, each with a true italic, as four static fonts of 693 glyphs. According to the notes, the fonts were hinted by hand for rendering on Windows. JM Solé designed the family, which was added to Google Fonts in 2012.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011, JM Sole (http://jmsole.cl|info@jmsole.cl), with Reserved Font Name "Noticia Text".

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

- **News article text**: The tall lowercase and open apertures were drawn for running text on newspaper sites and apps.
- **Small type on low-resolution screens**: Manual hinting and big serifs keep letters distinct where pixels are scarce.
- **Acronyms inside paragraphs**: The short capitals let abbreviations sit in a line without shouting; add a little tracking.
- **Quotes and emphasis**: True italics for both Regular and Bold give a clear change of voice inside body copy.

## Things to know

- **Capitals are deliberately small**: Text set in capitals looks lighter and lower than in most serif families; this is by design.
- **Two weights only**: There is no Light or Medium. The family is Regular 400 and Bold 700 with italics.
- **No Cyrillic or Greek**: Coverage is Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

## FAQs

### Is Noticia Text free for commercial use?

Yes. Noticia Text 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 Noticia Text?

Noticia Text was designed by JM Solé, who is named in the copyright notice.

### How many weights does Noticia Text have?

Noticia Text has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700. Each has a true italic, which makes four styles.

### Is Noticia Text a serif or a slab serif?

Noticia Text is described by its designer as a humanist slab serif: the serifs are heavy and blunt, while the letter shapes keep the proportions of a text serif.

### Which languages does Noticia Text support?

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

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