# Noto Serif font

> The serif of the Noto collection: nine weights with italics, a width axis and Latin, Cyrillic and Greek coverage.

Noto Serif is a serif typeface from Google's Noto collection for text in the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts. Noto Serif is a variable font with weight from 100 to 900 and width from 62.5 to 100, in roman and italic, with 3,791 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits books and articles.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Google
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900, wdth 62.5–100)
- Glyphs: 3791
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-06
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Noto+Serif
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/noto-serif
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial

## About Noto Serif

Noto Serif is a serif family with modulated strokes, meaning the vertical stems are thicker than the horizontals and joins. In the specimen the contrast is moderate, the serifs are solid and bracketed, and the lowercase is tall, a combination aimed at text rather than ornament. Noto Serif is the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek serif of the Noto collection and is meant to accompany the Noto Serif fonts made for other scripts. Two variable axes are provided: weight from 100 to 900 and width from 62.5 to 100. Nine named weights in roman and italic give 18 styles. The fonts contain 3,791 glyphs, including subsets for Latin Extended, Cyrillic Extended, Greek Extended and Vietnamese. Google is credited as designer, with the Monotype Design Team in the name table. It was added to Google Fonts in 2013.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2022 The Noto Project Authors (https://github.com/notofonts/latin-greek-cyrillic)

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

- **Books and long documents**: Moderate contrast and sturdy serifs hold up in pages of continuous text, with italics for titles and emphasis.
- **Articles in Russian or Greek**: Cyrillic and Greek are drawn in the same style as the Latin, so translated editions keep one look.
- **Academic writing**: Greek Extended and Cyrillic Extended subsets supply accented and less common letters that scholarly text calls for.
- **Headlines over serif text**: Black 900 and the narrower width settings produce compact titles from the same family.

## Things to know

- **Thin weights are very light**: Thin 100 and ExtraLight 200 are fine-stroked in the specimen and are better kept for large sizes.
- **Width axis from 62.5 to 100**: Letters can be narrowed but not expanded.
- **Other scripts live in sister families**: Scripts outside Latin, Cyrillic and Greek have their own Noto Serif fonts.

## FAQs

### Is Noto Serif free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Noto Serif 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 Noto Serif?

Noto Serif is credited to Google as part of the Noto project, and the font's name table lists the Monotype Design Team.

### How many weights does Noto Serif have?

Noto Serif has nine named weights, Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, for 18 styles.

### Is Noto Serif a variable font?

Yes. Noto Serif is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 62.5 to 100.

### Which languages does Noto Serif support?

Noto Serif includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, Czech, Turkish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek.

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