Young Serif

Classification

Font Technology

Static font
1 weight, 1 style

How To Use Young Serif

To use Young Serif in your web project, either search Google Fonts and use their embed code or host the font on your server and use the CSS below. Note: fonts served by Google Fonts may be missing some OpenType features that are available in the original font.
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Young Serif';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>YoungSerif-Regular.ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
}

Description

Young Serif is a heavy weight old style serif typeface, taking inspiration from Plantin Infant or ITC Italian Old Style. The lowercase b and f feature rounded curves, adding a tender and generous quality to this font. To contribute, please see github.com/noirblancrouge/YoungSerif .

Designer

Bastien Sozeau
Bastien Sozeau is the founder of NoirBlancRouge, an independent type foundry based in Paris since 2019. Specializing in retail and custom typefaces, Bastien has crafted unique fonts for renowned brands like Kipling, Christian Louboutin and The Olympic Museum. Beyond their commercial work, Bastien has also been actively involved in designing free and open-source typefaces since 2013.

Copyright

Copyright 2023 The Young Serif Project Authors (https://github.com/noirblancrouge/YoungSerif)

OpenType Features

Related Fonts

Young Serif regular
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears.
, : ; ? ! " “ ” ' ‘ ’ « » ′ ″ ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 - – — ‒ ― / | ⁄ … • · § ¶ * ~ ^ ° © ® ™
Numerals
lining-nums;
tabular-nums
0123456789 0123456789
0123456789 0123456789
Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Discretionary ligatures
default css
font-feature-settings: "dlig" 1
ffij
ffij
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
/
/
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
ffi
ffi
ffl
ffl
ff
ff
fi
fi
fl
fl
Ordinals
default css
font-feature-settings: "ordn" 1
No.
No.
1a
1a
2o
2o
Tabular numbers
default css
font-feature-settings: "tnum" 1
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
Slashed Zero
default css
font-feature-settings: "zero" 1
0
0
₀
₀
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