Serif typeface

from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)
designed by César Puertas, Viviana Monsalve, Julián Moncada

Variable Font

1 axis: Weight

14 Styles

7 Weights: Light to Black
with matching italics

Best for

  • Headings (display text)
  • Long reading text (body text)
  • User Interfaces (functional text)

License

Free and Open Source

Specialty

A free serif font family that is versatile, warm and friendly, and equipped with delightful italics and small caps.

My Ancizar Serif Font Review

I’m happy to show you a font that I only discovered recently. Ancizar Serif conveys warmth, confidence, and classy vibes. Its sturdy strokes make it feel very robust for both screen and print, while its wedge-shaped serifs give it confidence and a contemporary touch. Two things really stand out to me. First, Ancizar Serif’s italics. They are almost upright, very narrow, and tightly spaced, which makes them integrate nicely in running text.

Sturdy, Confident & Warm. Playful – almost upright – Italics. Ancizar Serif is made for continous reading and works  well on screen and in print. Pair it seamlessly with  its friendly companion Ancizar Sans. Both styles are very versatile, very well made, and freely available. Always delighted by small caps
Ancizar Serif is working for both headings and display text.

Second, I’m always excited when I see a typeface with small caps, because they blend in so elegantly, especially when using all-caps abbreviations. I love that there is also a sans-serif companion available (which I used quite a lot in the graphic on top), and that both are variable fonts. This makes Ancizar Serif a solid and versatile choice for any text-heavy use case. So try it out and make something beautiful with it!

Font Pairings with Ancizar Serif

Ancizar Serif is a dynamic, contrasting, serif typeface. Primarily pair it with Ancizar Sans, however here are some other interesting pairings mainly for headings.

Ancizar Serif (free)
Ancizar Serif (free)
  • Headings
  • Copy
  • UI Text

Learn more about pairing typefaces using the Font Matrix.


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