# Yrsa font

> Text serif for long reading on screens, in five weights with italics, from Rosetta's Yrsa-Rasa project.

Yrsa is a serif text family from Rosetta, designed by Anna Giedryś with David Březina, for long-form reading on the web. Yrsa is a variable font with five weights from Light 300 to Bold 700 and matching italics, 10 styles in total. Yrsa is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits articles, blogs and online magazines.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Rosetta, Anna Giedryś, David Březina
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 10 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–700)
- Glyphs: 877
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Yrsa
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/yrsa
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial

## About Yrsa

Yrsa is a serif family made for long stretches of text on screens, such as news articles, magazine pieces and blog posts. It belongs to the Yrsa-Rasa project at Rosetta: Rasa is the sibling that adds the Gujarati script, while Yrsa carries the Latin alone. The official description calls the project a deliberate remix of existing typefaces, with the Latin starting from Eben Sorkin's Merriweather, and notes particular care for Central and East European languages and the shapes of their accents. In the specimen the letters are compact, with sturdy bracketed serifs, moderate contrast and a generous x-height. The family is variable on the weight axis from 300 to 700, with five named weights in roman and italic. Its two variable files hold 877 glyphs across Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese character sets.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2015 The Yrsa-Rasa Project Authors (https://github.com/rosettatype/yrsa-rasa/)

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

- **Long articles on the web**: Yrsa was drawn for continuous reading online, and Regular with its italic covers body text and emphasis.
- **Online magazines and blogs**: Five weights from Light to Bold give headings, standfirsts and captions within the same serif.
- **Central and East European text**: The designers gave special attention to accents for these languages, which matters in Polish, Czech or Hungarian copy.
- **Sites that also publish in Gujarati**: Rasa, the sibling family, adds Gujarati, so a Latin page in Yrsa has a matching counterpart.

## Things to know

- **Weights run from 300 to 700**: There is no weight heavier than Bold and none lighter than Light.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate variable fonts on the same 300 to 700 axis.
- **Yrsa and Rasa are separate families**: Rasa includes Gujarati and a Latin that may be adjusted to it; Yrsa is the Latin-only family.

## FAQs

### Is Yrsa free for commercial use?

Yrsa can be used in commercial projects under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which also permits modifying and redistributing the files. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Yrsa?

Yrsa comes from Rosetta. The font's name table credits Anna Giedryś with the design and David Březina with art direction.

### How many weights does Yrsa have?

Yrsa has five weights, from Light 300 to Bold 700. Each has an italic, which makes 10 styles.

### Is Yrsa a variable font?

Yes. Yrsa is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700, in separate roman and italic files.

### Which languages does Yrsa support?

Yrsa includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish and Vietnamese.

### What is the difference between Yrsa and Rasa?

Yrsa is the Latin family; Rasa contains the same Latin plus the Gujarati script, and its Latin may be adjusted to suit the Gujarati.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/yrsa (trendhub)