TeX Gyre Termes

Name: TeX Gyre Termes
Author: GUST e-foundry

TeX Gyre Termes brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby GUST e-foundry91% Accessible

Characters846

Glyphs1,015

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TeX Gyre Termes Editorial Specimen

TeX Gyre Termes in Editorial Context

TeX Gyre Termes is a serif typeface by GUST e-foundry suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

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Typeface Designer • Serif

TeX Gyre Termes demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of TeX Gyre Termes supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by GUST e-foundry, TeX Gyre Termes balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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TeX Gyre Termes Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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TeX Gyre Termes Specimen

TeX Gyre Termes

TeX Gyre Termes is a serif typeface by GUST e-foundry built for display contexts.

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TeX Gyre Termes— serif typeface

TeX Gyre TermesBy GUST e-foundry

TeX Gyre TermesTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

TeX Gyre Termes Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

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Body Copy

TeX Gyre Termes Used As Body Text

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for TeX Gyre Termes, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

TeX Gyre Termes demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting TeX Gyre Termes for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

TeX Gyre Termes small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	TeX Gyre Termes delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	TeX Gyre Termes italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	TeX Gyre Termes bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	TeX Gyre Termes typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	TeX Gyre Termes typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'TeX Gyre Termes'; }

Quick Start

TeX Gyre Termes Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=TeX+Gyre+Termes:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=TeX+Gyre+Termes:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'TeX Gyre Termes';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=TeX+Gyre+Termes:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

TeX Gyre Termes CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'TeX Gyre Termes', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'TeX Gyre Termes', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'tex-gyre-termes': ['TeX Gyre Termes', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-tex-gyre-termes">Your text here</p>

About

About TeX Gyre Termes

GUST e-foundry

Serif

Open Source

TeX Gyre Termes is a free font from GUST e-foundry.

TeX Gyre Termes comes from the work of GUST e-foundry. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, TeX Gyre Termes features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand identities conveying authority and heritage.

TeX Gyre Termes is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

TeX Gyre Termes

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of TeX Gyre Termes

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand TeX Gyre Termes's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Serif analysis. TypeSmith classifies TeX Gyre Termes within the Classicals (Humanist, Garalde, Transitional) and Moderns (Didone) tradition, characterized by Bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and Modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. Serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Key technical strength: extensive weight and optical-size ranges in superfamilies.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 91). TeX Gyre Termes performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts. Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print.

Design Heritage

Designed by GUST e-foundry. The designer's attention to character shaping and weight distribution produces a Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About TeX Gyre Termes

TeX Gyre Termes embodies the Classicals typeface, grounded in the tradition where serif letterforms trace to Roman square capitals carved into stone. Its distinctive bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it well-suited for brand identities conveying authority and heritage. TypeSmith catalogs TeX Gyre Termes in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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3 curated pairings for TeX Gyre Termes

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to TeX Gyre Termes based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Excellent Accessibility

TeX Gyre Termes Accessibility Profile

TeX Gyre Termes scores in the excellent accessibility tier, making it well-suited for body text, UI labels, and long-form reading across devices. High-contrast Didones can cause halation for readers with astigmatism. Prefer Garalde or Transitional cuts at text sizes for inclusive readability.

TeX Gyre Termes's Legibility

TeX Gyre Termes draws legibility from its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is TeX Gyre Termes?

Serifs guide horizontal eye movement along the baseline, making text sizes above 9 pt highly readable in print. On screen, hinting quality determines legibility below 14 px. Set body text at 16 px or larger on screen, with line heights between 1.4 and 1.6 for sustained reading comfort.

Eye Strain Considerations for TeX Gyre Termes

TeX Gyre Termes provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. High stroke contrast can cause halation for some readers, so pair with ample line spacing on bright backgrounds.

TeX Gyre Termes Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting TeX Gyre Termes. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test TeX Gyre Termes at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

How to Use TeX Gyre Termes Effectively

Pair with geometric or grotesque sans-serifs for contrast. Avoid pairing two serifs from the same Vox sub-class to prevent visual redundancy. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for TeX Gyre Termes. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve TeX Gyre Termes in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

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Available Weights

400

Regular

Local

400

Regular Italic

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700

Bold

Local

700

Bold Italic

Local

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Internationalization

TeX Gyre Termes Language Coverage

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

This font encodes 1209 glyphs covering Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

TeX Gyre Termes Licensing

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

TeX Gyre Termes is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes TeX Gyre Termes ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'tex-gyre-termes': ['TeX Gyre Termes', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-tex-gyre-termes">Your text here</p>

TeX Gyre Termes

Best Ways to Use TeX Gyre Termes

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In Context

TeX Gyre Termes Typography

TeX Gyre Termes

Character Set

Type Scale

TeX Gyre Termes Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

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Inclusive Design

TeX Gyre Termes Accessibility Profile

TeX Gyre Termes's Legibility

How Readable is TeX Gyre Termes?

Eye Strain Considerations for TeX Gyre Termes

TeX Gyre Termes Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use TeX Gyre Termes Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

TeX Gyre Termes

Best Ways to Use TeX Gyre Termes

Best Font Pairings for TeX Gyre Termes

Test TeX Gyre Termes Font Pairings Live

In Context

TeX Gyre Termes Typography

TeX Gyre Termes

Character Set

Type Scale

TeX Gyre Termes Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

TeX Gyre Termes Accessibility Profile

TeX Gyre Termes's Legibility

How Readable is TeX Gyre Termes?

Eye Strain Considerations for TeX Gyre Termes

TeX Gyre Termes Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use TeX Gyre Termes Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference