Charis SIL
SerifThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789 & @#%
Charis SIL is a free, open-source serif typeface by SIL International, on Google Fonts since 2022. It ships in 4 styles across 2 weights, including italics, and covers 5 writing systems, including Cyrillic, Cyrillic Ext, Latin. Everything below is live: test it at real sizes, adjust weight and spacing, preview it in your own colors with WCAG contrast checks, and copy ready-to-use embed code.
Specimens
Regular 400 at 13px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789 & @#%
Regular 400 at 16px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789 & @#%
Regular 400 at 24px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789 & @#%
Regular 400 at 32px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789 & @#%
Bold 700 at 24px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog — 0123456789 & @#%
Try it in your colors
Type your own text, set your text and background colors, and check the pairing passes WCAG before it ships. Edits stay on this page — nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
A heading in Charis SIL
Body text set in Charis SIL. Click anywhere in this preview and type your own words — the colors, the contrast score, and the typeface all update live.
Use it on your site
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Charis+SIL:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">font-family: 'Charis SIL', serif;@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Charis+SIL:wght@400;700&display=swap');@theme {
--font-charis-sil: "Charis SIL", serif;
}
/* then use: class="font-charis-sil" */Similar serif fonts
Now pick its colors
A typeface needs a palette — generate one, then come back and test the pairing above.