Body text fonts

Calm, readable faces for long reading. Picked by describing the feeling: calm readable book text serif.

Reading that as calmeditorial serifserif

35 fonts

VariablePopularFree

Noto Serif

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Bengali

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Georgian

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Thai

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Devanagari

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif TC

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif KR

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif SC

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Hebrew

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Tamil

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Lao

Google
VariablePopularFree

Noto Serif JP

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Display

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Khmer

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Armenian

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Sinhala

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Ethiopic

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Telugu

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif HK

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Kannada

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Malayalam

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Gujarati

Google
VariableFree

Noto Serif Tibetan

Google
VariableFree

Noto Rashi Hebrew

Google

FAQs

How were the body text fonts chosen?

Every font on Typesay is scored on how it feels and what style it belongs to. This collection is the result of describing what you want, in this case "calm readable book text serif", and ranking the whole catalogue against it. It updates itself as new fonts arrive.

Are these body text fonts free to use commercially?

Fonts marked Free are open licence and allowed for personal and commercial work, with the licence file included in the download. Fonts with a price are sold under Typesay desktop, web and app licences.

Can I preview them with my own words?

Yes. Type in the bar at the top of the page and every font on the page changes to your text. Open any font for size, weight and spacing controls and real mockups.

How do I download or use one?

Open the font page. Free fonts have download packs for desktop and web, plus copyable embed code. Install desktop files on your computer, or link the web files in your CSS.