Liberation Serif Font

Liberation Serif family consisting of 4 fonts
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Author's note

Liberation Serif, a free classic serif from Ascender Corporation, has the familiar, workhorse tone of a late 20th-century text font. The letters feel measured and traditional, with firm serifs, moderate contrast, and a straightforward rhythm that keeps the overall voice calm rather than ornamental.

That makes this free font a natural choice for editorial pages, reports, book interiors, newsletters, and academic layouts, where you want a dependable serif without period fuss. It also suits pull quotes, subheads, title pages, and other short setting jobs because the shapes carry enough presence to anchor a page while staying plainspoken.

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BasicForeignSerifGreekCyrillicCentral Europe

Character map

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Digitized data © 2007 Ascender Corporation. All rights reserved.
Font family
Liberation Serif
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Ascender - Liberation Serif
Full font name
Liberation Serif
Name table version
Version 1.00
Postscript font name
LiberationSerif
Trademark notice
Liberation is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and certain other jurisdictions.
Manufacturer name
Ascender Corporation
Designer
Steve Matteson

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2005-08-07
Revision1
Glyph count661
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf
LiberationSerif-Italic.ttf
LiberationSerif-BoldItalic.ttf
LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf
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