PT Serif
Part of the Public Types of the Russian Federation, a state-funded programme that asked ParaType for typefaces covering every language written inside the country — which is why the Cyrillic here is the reason the family exists rather than an alphabet bolted on afterwards. It is a transitional serif with a large x-height and short extenders, drawn for reading on the screens of 2010, and it holds up on the ones we have now. It is the companion to PT Sans and the two were meant to be set together.
See PT Serif in a paragraphCompare with Noticia Text and Neuton
PT Serif at a glance
- Commercial use
- Yes · OFL 1.1
- On a website
- Yes · WOFF2 here
- Variable
- No · 2 weights
- In a logo
- Yes
- Türkçe (ı İ ğ ş)
- Yes
- Italic
- Yes
Weight — 400
Size ladder
96
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
64
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
40
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
24
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
16
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
12
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Specification
- Designer
- ParaType
- Foundry
- ParaType
- Released
- 2010
- Category
- Serif
- License
- OFL-1.1
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Good for
- Body text, Long-form reading, Documents, Editorial
- Weights
- 400, 700
- Styles
- Normal, Italic
- Variable
- No
- Glyphs
- 719
- Languages
- Latin, Latin Extended, Türkçe, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended
- Download size
- 699 KB
PT Serif character map
Latin110
Uppercase
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Lowercase
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
Numerals
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Punctuation & symbols
- .
- ,
- :
- ;
- !
- ?
- '
- "
- ‘
- ’
- “
- ”
- (
- )
- [
- ]
- {
- }
- /
- \
- |
- -
- –
- —
- _
- @
- #
- $
- %
- &
- *
- +
- =
- <
- >
- ~
- ^
- `
- €
- £
- ¥
- ©
- ®
- °
- §
- †
- •
- …
Latin Extended167
Western European
- À
- Á
- Â
- Ã
- Ä
- Å
- Æ
- Ç
- È
- É
- Ê
- Ë
- Ì
- Í
- Î
- Ï
- Ð
- Ñ
- Ò
- Ó
- Ô
- Õ
- Ö
- Ø
- Ù
- Ú
- Û
- Ü
- Ý
- Þ
- ß
- à
- á
- â
- ã
- ä
- å
- æ
- ç
- è
- é
- ê
- ë
- ì
- í
- î
- ï
- ð
- ñ
- ò
- ó
- ô
- õ
- ö
- ø
- ù
- ú
- û
- ü
- ý
- þ
- ÿ
Central and Eastern European
- Ā
- ā
- Ă
- ă
- Ą
- ą
- Ć
- ć
- Ĉ
- ĉ
- Č
- č
- Ď
- ď
- Đ
- đ
- Ē
- ē
- Ė
- ė
- Ę
- ę
- Ě
- ě
- Ĝ
- ĝ
- Ğ
- ğ
- Ģ
- ģ
- Ĥ
- ĥ
- Ħ
- ħ
- Ī
- ī
- Į
- į
- İ
- ı
- Ĵ
- ĵ
- Ķ
- ķ
- Ĺ
- ĺ
- Ļ
- ļ
- Ľ
- ľ
- Ł
- ł
- Ń
- ń
- Ņ
- ņ
- Ň
- ň
- Ō
- ō
- Ő
- ő
- Œ
- œ
- Ŕ
- ŕ
- Ŗ
- ŗ
- Ř
- ř
- Ś
- ś
- Ŝ
- ŝ
- Ş
- ş
- Š
- š
- Ţ
- ţ
- Ť
- ť
- Ū
- ū
- Ŭ
- ŭ
- Ů
- ů
- Ű
- ű
- Ų
- ų
- Ÿ
- Ź
- ź
- Ż
- ż
- Ž
- ž
- ſ
Romanian and other
- Ș
- ș
- Ț
- ț
- ƒ
Türkçe15
Türkçe letters
- Ç
- ç
- Ğ
- ğ
- I
- ı
- İ
- i
- Ö
- ö
- Ş
- ş
- Ü
- ü
Currency
- ₺
Cyrillic66
Uppercase
- А
- Б
- В
- Г
- Д
- Е
- Ё
- Ж
- З
- И
- Й
- К
- Л
- М
- Н
- О
- П
- Р
- С
- Т
- У
- Ф
- Х
- Ц
- Ч
- Ш
- Щ
- Ъ
- Ы
- Ь
- Э
- Ю
- Я
Lowercase
- а
- б
- в
- г
- д
- е
- ё
- ж
- з
- и
- й
- к
- л
- м
- н
- о
- п
- р
- с
- т
- у
- ф
- х
- ц
- ч
- ш
- щ
- ъ
- ы
- ь
- э
- ю
- я
Cyrillic Extended154
Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian
- Ђ
- Ѓ
- Є
- Ѕ
- І
- Ї
- Ј
- Љ
- Њ
- Ћ
- Ќ
- Ў
- Џ
- ђ
- ѓ
- є
- ѕ
- і
- ї
- ј
- љ
- њ
- ћ
- ќ
- ў
- џ
- Ґ
- ґ
Other languages written in Cyrillic
- Ѣ
- ѣ
- Ѳ
- ѳ
- Ѵ
- ѵ
- Ҋ
- ҋ
- Ҍ
- ҍ
- Ҏ
- ҏ
- Ғ
- ғ
- Ҕ
- ҕ
- Җ
- җ
- Ҙ
- ҙ
- Қ
- қ
- Ҝ
- ҝ
- Ҟ
- ҟ
- Ҡ
- ҡ
- Ң
- ң
- Ҥ
- ҥ
- Ҧ
- ҧ
- Ҩ
- ҩ
- Ҫ
- ҫ
- Ҭ
- ҭ
- Ү
- ү
- Ұ
- ұ
- Ҳ
- ҳ
- Ҵ
- ҵ
- Ҷ
- ҷ
- Ҹ
- ҹ
- Һ
- һ
- Ҽ
- ҽ
- Ҿ
- ҿ
- Ӏ
- Ӄ
- ӄ
- Ӆ
- ӆ
- Ӈ
- ӈ
- Ӊ
- ӊ
- Ӌ
- ӌ
- Ӎ
- ӎ
- ӏ
- Ӑ
- ӑ
- Ӓ
- ӓ
- Ӕ
- ӕ
- Ӗ
- ӗ
- Ә
- ә
- Ӛ
- ӛ
- Ӝ
- ӝ
- Ӟ
- ӟ
- Ӡ
- ӡ
- Ӣ
- ӣ
- Ӥ
- ӥ
- Ӧ
- ӧ
- Ө
- ө
- Ӫ
- ӫ
- Ӭ
- ӭ
- Ӯ
- ӯ
- Ӱ
- ӱ
- Ӳ
- ӳ
- Ӵ
- ӵ
- Ӷ
- ӷ
- Ӹ
- ӹ
- Ӽ
- ӽ
- Ԑ
- ԑ
- Ԓ
- ԓ
- Ԝ
- ԝ
- Ԥ
- ԥ
- Ԧ
- ԧ
Use PT Serif on the web
Self-hosted
@font-face {
font-family: 'PT Serif';
/* Take the WOFF2 button above, put pt-serif.woff2 wherever
you serve static files from, and point this at it. */
src: url('/fonts/pt-serif.woff2') format('woff2');
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;
}Hosted by us
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://thatsmyfont.com">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://thatsmyfont.com/fontfiles/pt-serif.css">body {
font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;
}Questions
- Is PT Serif free for commercial use?
- Yes. PT Serif is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use with no fee and no attribution requirement. You can use it in client work, in products you sell, on the web and in print. The one thing you may not do is sell the font file on its own. The licence is inside the download.
- Can I use PT Serif in a logo?
- Yes. The licence covers the font software, not the artwork you make with it, so a logo set in PT Serif belongs to you — including if you later register it as a trademark. You do not need permission and you do not owe anything to ParaType. What the licence stops you doing is redistributing the font file itself as a product.
- How do I install PT Serif?
- Download the zip and unzip it. On a Mac, select the 4 font files inside and open them, then press Install Font. On Windows, select them, right-click and choose Install. Restart any application that was already open before it will show up.
- Does PT Serif support Turkish?
- Yes. PT Serif includes the characters Türkçe needs that plain Latin does not — the dotless ı, the dotted İ, and ğ, ş, ü, ö and ç in both cases. This was checked against the font file itself, not assumed from the fact that it covers Latin.
- What languages does PT Serif support?
- PT Serif covers Latin, Latin Extended, Turkish, Cyrillic and Cyrillic Extended, across 719 glyphs. Anything outside those alphabets is not included — the character map further up this page shows exactly what you get.
- Does PT Serif support Cyrillic?
- Yes. PT Serif includes the Cyrillic alphabet, and the Cyrillic Extended set as well, which adds the letters for languages beyond Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Serbian. This was read from the font file itself. The complete WOFF2 and the zip both carry it; only the Latin-only web file leaves it out.
- What weights does PT Serif come in?
- PT Serif comes in 2 weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700). Each weight is its own file in the download.
- Is there a smaller, Latin-only version of PT Serif?
- Yes — the "WOFF2 · Latin only" button on this page. It is 41 KB against 100 KB for the complete file, 59% smaller, with every weight the family has still in it. It covers Latin and Latin Extended, which is everything a page in English, Turkish or a western European language sets — Türkçe included, since ı, İ, ğ and ş all live in that range. Take the complete file instead if you set Cyrillic, Greek or any alphabet outside Latin.
- Where can I download PT Serif as WOFF2?
- From the WOFF2 button on this page — the file is pt-serif.woff2, and it is about 100 KB. It is the complete font repacked for the web rather than a cut-down copy: the same glyphs, the same spacing and the same hinting as the .ttf in the download, roughly 60% smaller. Every browser still receiving updates reads WOFF2, so it is the only web format most sites need. Google Fonts does not offer this file for download at all — it serves WOFF2 from its own servers and gives you .ttf if you ask for the family.
PT Serif license
OFL-1.1
You may use, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial work. You may not sell the font file on its own, and any modified version must be released under the same license and under a different name.
Commercial use allowed
- Taken unmodified from google/fonts
- The licence file is inside every zip — the site will not publish a download without one
- This page’s data last changed on 4 September 2026
Pairs well with PT Serif
- PT Mono
The same family’s monospace, drawn to sit beside PT Serif.
See the two side by side - PT Sans
The same family’s sans, drawn to sit beside PT Serif.
See the two side by side - PT Sans Narrow
The same family’s sans, drawn to sit beside PT Serif.
See the two side by side
Cite this page
PT Serif font: licence, alphabets and downloads. Thats My Font. https://thatsmyfont.com/fonts/pt-serif (updated 2026-09-04)