Source Serif 4 Font

Frank Grießhammer’s Source Serif 4 draws loosely on Pierre Simon Fournier while remaining a contemporary design. It was developed to complement Paul Hunt’s Source Sans family, with Robert Slimbach consulting on both. This profile documents the current named release; an older Source Serif Pro file may differ.

The Google Fonts catalog credits Frank Grießhammer. Read the official project description for the source account. The catalog lists this family as added on 2021-11-16; that is a directory date, not proof of when the design was first created.

The reviewed catalog lists 16 listed styles for Source Serif 4, with weight values 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900. Italic styles are included in that listing. The catalog also lists variable axes opsz, wght. This preview selects named styles; it does not expose every variable-axis setting.

Listed script subsets are cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. Subset names describe catalog coverage, not a guarantee that every language or specialist character is supported. Enter the exact names, punctuation, or script you need and check the result in your final application.

Try a paragraph, a small note and a heading alongside Source Sans 3. Compare text colour and proportions, then inspect the actual italic and language coverage required. A coordinated family relationship does not make every weight appropriate to every size.

For a related comparison, inspect EB Garamond and Cormorant Garamond. These are same-category candidates for comparison, not an assertion that their spacing or design is interchangeable. Use the same sample phrase and output size so the comparison tests the layout rather than different words.

The verified repository includes Source Serif 4 under SIL Open Font License 1.1. Use the official Google Fonts page to obtain the family and read the included license for the specific distribution. This site does not claim that a font with a similar name or a third-party download has the same license.

The specimen can copy a stylesheet request and CSS declaration for web use, or export a PNG of your sample. Ordinary clipboard text does not preserve a font family. For a clear comparison with decorative characters, read Unicode text versus real fonts. Install the font in the app that creates your final layout when you need editable text with these letterforms.