(See this blog post for explanation.)
Table 1: Screen serif fonts. (Fonts are listed in chronological order, by original release year.)
Font | License | Author | Released |
Charter | Free / Commercial (‘Pro’ version) | Matthew Carter | 1987 |
TheAntiqua | Commercial | Luc(as) de Groot | 1999 |
Chaparral Pro | Commercial | Carol Twombly | 2000 |
FF Absara | Commercial | Xavier Dupré | 2004 |
Charis SIL | Free | SIL International | 2006 |
Greta Text | Commercial | Peter Biľak | 2007 |
Skolar | Commercial | David Březina, Vaibhav Singh | 2008 |
FF Tisa | Commercial | Mitja Miklavčič | 2008 |
Adelle | Commercial | Veronika Burian, José Scaglione | 2009 |
Premiera | Commercial | Thomas Gabriel | 2009 |
Guardian Egyptian Text | Commercial | Christian Schwartz, Paul Barnes | 2009 |
Expo Serif Pro | Commercial | Mark Jamra | 2009 |
Merriweather | Free | Eben Sorkin | 2010 |
Equity | Commercial | Matthew Butterick | 2011 |
Elena | Commercial | Nicole Dotin | 2011 |
Bitter | Free | Sol Matas | 2011 |
Volkhov | Free | Cyreal | 2012 |
Sitka | Corporate | Matthew Carter, John Hudson, Ross Mills | 2013 |
Noto Serif | Free | Google | 2013 |
Source Serif Pro | Free | Frank Grießhammer | 2014 |
Tuna | Commercial | Felix Braden, Alex Rütten | 2015 |
Literata | Free | Vera Evstafieva, Veronika Burian, Irene Vlachou, José Scaglione | 2015 |
Bookerly | Corporate | Dalton Maag | 2015 |
Portada | Commercial | Veronika Burian, José Scaglione | 2016 |
Yrsa | Free | Anna Giedryś, David Březina | 2016 |
Untitled Serif | Commercial | Kris Sowersby | 2017 |
IBM Plex Serif | Free | Mike Abbink, et al. | 2017 |
Table 2: Unusual screen serif fonts.
Font | License | Author | Released | Unusual property |
Triplicate | Commercial | Matthew Butterick | 2014 | Monospaced font |