The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Free font
Newsreader
A free alternative to Tiempos.
About Newsreader
- Designer
- Production Type
- Released
- 2021
- Available at
- Google Fonts →
- Featured on
- 2 paid font pages
Newsreader is also a free alternative to…
- Tiempos → Purpose-built for long-form on-screen reading with a newspaper heritage — directly echoes Tiempos's economical, sturdy-serif newspaper DNA. Optical sizes flex from dense body text to sharper display, mirroring the Text/Headline split.
- New York → A variable serif drawn for on-screen reading with a 6–72pt optical axis; its display cuts get sharp and high-contrast the way New York Large does. More editorial flavor than New York's deliberate neutrality.
Display + body that work together
Pages that earn the read
A pairing is a relationship: one voice speaks first, the other answers, and the contrast between them sets the tone for the whole page.
Editorial · Modern Newsreader + DM Sans
Headlines, written under pressure
The display sets the register; the body follows through. When both halves of a pair pull in the same direction, the design disappears and the words come forward.
Modern · Editorial Archivo + Newsreader