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Newsreader
A free alternative to Editorial New.
About Newsreader
Newsreader is Production Type's 2020 variable serif, built for on-screen reading and carrying a 6–72pt optical-size axis that reshapes it as it scales. At small sizes it's economical and sturdy; the display cuts sharpen up and gain contrast, so a single family covers dense body copy and hard-edged headlines without switching typefaces. Its heritage is newspaper type, and it shows in the letterforms.
That optical range makes it a natural free substitute for Tiempos, echoing the same economical newspaper DNA and mirroring the Text/Headline split within one variable file. It also stands in for New York, whose large cuts turn sharp and high-contrast the same way — though Newsreader carries more editorial flavor where New York aims for neutrality. Available through Google Fonts.
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- Production Type
- Released
- 2020
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Newsreader is also a free alternative to…
- Editorial New → A screen-first serif built for long-form editorial reading, sharing Editorial New's web-native intent and magazine voice. Its contrast is gentler and proportions more conventional, so it suits running text and captions where the display serifs would strain.
- Lyon → An editorial serif with optical sizes from text to display, matching the way Lyon splits into Text and Display cuts for magazines and news sites. Its roots lean toward later old-style and transitional models, so it feels a touch more modern and less Granjon-derived than Lyon.
- 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.
- Reckless → A contemporary old-style serif built for editorial screen text, with moderate contrast and calligraphic warmth. It's the practical body-copy companion to Reckless's display cuts — set the headline in something showier, run the paragraphs in this.
- 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.
- Cotford → A variable text serif with an optical size axis from caption to display, matching Cotford's claim to hold up at micro sizes and on billboards. Newsreader is drawn for long-form reading and feels more editorial and upright, with less of Cotford's languid, personal character.
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 that read at a glance
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