Young Serif

Name: Young Serif
Author: Alessio Laiso

Young Serif brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Alessio Laiso85% Accessible

Characters646

Glyphs775

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TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Young Serif, including combinations with Inter, Biryani and Arteks.

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In Context

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Young Serif Editorial Specimen

Young Serif in Editorial Context

Young Serif is a serif typeface by Alessio Laiso suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Alessio Laiso

Typeface Designer • Serif

Young Serif 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 Young Serif supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Alessio Laiso, Young Serif balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Young Serif Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Young Serif Specimen

Young Serif

Young Serif is a serif typeface by Alessio Laiso built for display contexts.

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Young Serif— serif typeface

Young SerifBy Alessio Laiso

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Young Serif Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Young Serif Used As Body Text

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

Young Serif demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Young Serif 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.

Young Serif 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	Young Serif delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Young Serif italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Young Serif bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Young Serif typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Young Serif typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Young Serif'; }

Quick Start

Adding Young Serif to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Young Serif';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Young+Serif');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Young Serif CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Young Serif', 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        'young-serif': ['Young Serif', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-young-serif">Your text here</p>

About

Young Serif: A Closer Look

Alessio Laiso

Serif

Open Source

Young Serif delivers natural flow and calligraphic influence, making it well-suited for book typography. Its decorative terminals and stroke contrast contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for formal documents and print publications, Young Serif adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Young Serif font supports a wide range of languages, including those based on the Latin, Cyrilli....

Young Serif was designed by Alessio Laiso. The typeface's Bracketed or hairline serifs and Modulated stroke contrast reflect a design philosophy optimized for Contemporary serif design.

As a Transitional serif in the Vox-ATypI Classicals family, Young Serif classical serif tradition. Its bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress make it a strong fit for print-first layouts with sustained reading.

Young Serif is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

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In Context

Young Serif Typography

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Young Serif Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Internationalization

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