# Katagami Serif

Katagami Serif is Katagami Text with rectangular serifs. Each serif ends square and meets the stroke in a short bracket.

> Handgloves 0123456789

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

## Specifications

|  | Katagami Serif |
|---|---|
| Weights | 100 to 900, variable |
| Named styles | Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black |
| Glyphs | 11,243 |
| Characters | 6,580 |
| Units per em | 2,048 |
| Cap height | 1430 units, 0.698 em |
| x-height | 1020 units, 0.498 em |
| Scripts drawn or merged | 22 |
| OpenType features you can switch | 41 |
| File | `KatagamiSerif[wght].ttf`, 4.5 MB |
| License | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
| Version | 0.1 |

## Design

- Each serif reaches 0.65 of a stem past the stroke, and its thickness is 0.6 of the H crossbar's thickness.
- A short bracket joins the back of the serif to the side of the stroke, so the serifs of diagonals meet the diagonal.
- The top of a lowercase stem takes a triangular serif.
- The arms of E, F, L, T and Z end in short vertical serifs.
- The level cuts of c, a and s stay as they are in Katagami Text.
- Each point keeps its x coordinate and moves 30 percent of the way to its height in the next lighter weight. This makes horizontals thinner than stems.

## Coverage

Katagami Serif has 6,580 characters and covers 22 scripts. Chinese, Japanese and Korean come from the four Katagami CJK companions, which the web stylesheet assigns to this member. The [map](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/map) shows the languages it sets, and the [glyphs page](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/glyphs) shows every character.

| Script | Characters |
|---|---|
| Latin | 783 |
| Greek | 338 |
| Cyrillic | 251 |
| Devanagari | 201 |
| Arabic | 1,213 |
| Bengali | 96 |
| Gurmukhi | 80 |
| Gujarati | 91 |
| Odia | 91 |
| Tamil | 72 |
| Telugu | 100 |
| Kannada | 91 |
| Malayalam | 118 |
| Sinhala | 111 |
| Thai | 87 |
| Lao | 83 |
| Myanmar | 223 |
| Ethiopic | 523 |
| Hebrew | 134 |
| Armenian | 96 |
| Georgian | 174 |
| Khmer | 146 |

## Web setup

Link the stylesheet, then set the family. Each script is its own file, so a page loads only the scripts it shows.

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/fonts/katagami.css">
```

```css
body { font-family: "Katagami Serif", system-ui, sans-serif; }
```

You can also [download the fonts](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/download). `KatagamiSerif[wght].ttf` is one variable file with every weight.

## OpenType features

Turn each feature on with `font-feature-settings`. The [features page](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/features) shows each one off and on.

- `c2sc` Small capitals from capitals
- `calt` Contextual alternates
- `case` Case-sensitive forms
- `cv01` Short-flag one
- `cv02` Open four
- `cv03` Open six
- `cv04` Open nine
- `cv05` Lower-case L with tail
- `cv06` Simplified u
- `cv07` Alternate sharp s
- `cv08` Upper-case i with serif
- `cv09` Flat-top three
- `cv10` Capital G without spur
- `cv11` Single-story a
- `cv12` Wide f
- `cv13` Compact t
- `cv14` Alternate capital sharp S
- `cv15` Simplified tabular one
- `cv16` Lower-case a with tail
- `dlig` Discretionary ligatures
- `dnom` Denominators
- `frac` Fractions
- `liga` Standard ligatures
- `numr` Numerators
- `ordn` Ordinals
- `pnum` Proportional figures
- `salt` Stylistic alternates
- `sinf` Scientific inferiors
- `smcp` Small capitals
- `ss01` Open digits
- `ss02` Disambiguation
- `ss03` Round quotes & commas
- `ss04` Disambiguation (no slashed zero)
- `ss05` Circled characters
- `ss06` Squared characters
- `ss07` Square punctuation
- `ss08` Square quotes
- `subs` Subscript
- `sups` Superscript
- `tnum` Tabular figures
- `zero` Slashed zero

## Questions

**Is Katagami Serif free for commercial use?**

Katagami Serif is free for commercial use. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows you to use and change it in commercial and non-commercial products. Keep the license with the files when you share them.

**Which weights does Katagami Serif have?**

Katagami Serif has every weight from 100 to 900 on one variable axis. Its named styles run from Thin to Black.

**Does Katagami Serif have italics?**

Katagami Serif has no italics yet. Version 0.1 is upright, and italics come after hand corrections.

## Comparisons

- [Katagami vs Inter](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-inter): Katagami starts from Inter's open-source outlines, and both families are free under the SIL Open Font License. Katagami squares the curves and cuts terminals level. It adds a rounded member, a reading member, a serif and a mono, and it merges 19 more scripts.
- [Katagami vs Geist](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-geist): Geist and Katagami are both free families with a sans and a mono under the SIL Open Font License. Katagami adds a rounded sans, a reading face and a serif, and sets 22 scripts plus Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
- [Katagami vs IBM Plex](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-ibm-plex): IBM Plex and Katagami are both free families with a sans, a serif and a mono under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs IBM Plex Serif](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-ibm-plex-serif): Both are free serifs under the SIL Open Font License that pair with a sans and a mono from the same family.
- [Katagami vs Roboto](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-roboto): Roboto is Google's interface typeface. Katagami Sans is a squared sans with four sibling members, and it is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami vs SF Pro](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-sf-pro): SF Pro is Apple's system typeface, and its license covers designing interfaces for Apple platforms. Katagami is free to use and ship in any product under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami vs Helvetica](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-helvetica): Helvetica is a commercial typeface licensed from Monotype. Katagami Sans is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs NewsSerif](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-newsserif): NewsSerif is a commercial serif family by Character Type. It was measured as a reference for the first Katagami Serif. Katagami Serif contains none of its outlines and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs Signifier](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-signifier): Signifier is a commercial serif by Kris Sowersby at Klim Type Foundry. Katagami Serif follows Signifier's published design notes for rectangular baseline serifs, triangular head serifs and chopped terminals. Katagami Serif contains none of its outlines and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs Source Serif 4](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-source-serif): Source Serif 4 and Katagami Serif are both free serifs under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami vs Noto Sans](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-noto-sans): The Noto project covers the scripts of Unicode across many fonts, and Noto Sans is its font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Katagami draws its own Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. It merges 19 scripts from the Noto Sans fonts and scales them to Katagami's x-height.

## The rest of the family

- [Katagami Sans](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-sans): Katagami Sans is a free variable sans serif for interfaces and display.
- [Katagami Round](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-round): Katagami Round is a free rounded sans serif.
- [Katagami Text](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-text): Katagami Text is a free sans serif for long reading.
- [Katagami Mono](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-mono): Katagami Mono is a free monospace font for code.

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