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Zen Antique Font

Designed by Yoshimichi Ohira

Free Serif Fonts #classic#cyrillic#editorial#greek#latin#regular#serif#ttf

Preview

A classic style for every page

Character set

Zen Antique character set: letters, numbers and symbols, drawn in the font itself

Styles and files

  • Regular

    Weight 400 TTF5.25 MB

    A classic style for every page

  • Regular

    Weight 400 WOFF22.05 MB

    A classic style for every page

About Zen Antique

Zen Antique is a serif typeface designed by Yoshimichi Ohira. Serif fonts have small decorative strokes at the ends of letterforms, giving text a traditional typographic character. This category is often used for books, editorial layouts, printed materials, and headings where a classic appearance is desired.

The family includes one style: Regular (weight 400). This provides a single, straightforward weight for projects that do not need multiple font variations. Its supported scripts are Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic, making it suitable for text written with these writing systems.

Zen Antique is available in TTF format for font installation and compatible design workflows. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits commercial use subject to the license terms. Preview your own text to assess how the typeface looks in your layout before downloading it for your project.

License

Commercial use allowed under SIL Open Font License 1.1

SIL Open Font License 1.1 · Official license text

Free to use, including commercially, study, modify and redistribute. The fonts may not be sold on their own and reserved font names must not be reused for modified versions.

Zen Antique is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits commercial use subject to its terms. Review the license conditions before using or redistributing the font.

Read the original license file (OFL.txt)

Copyright notice

Copyright 2021 The Zen Antique Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/zen-antique)

This is a summary, not legal advice. Always read the full license before using a font commercially. See the font licensing guide.

Use Zen Antique on your website

Copy the CSS below. Option B needs the font files uploaded to a fonts/ folder on your own server first.

Option A: use the font directly from Fonts1 (no upload needed)

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Zen Antique';
  src: url('https://files.fonts1.com/fonts1/fonts/3101/8642485850-zenantique-regular.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

Quickest way to try it. For a busy production site, Option B (your own server) is more reliable.

Option B: self-host (download, then upload to your server)

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Zen Antique';
  src: url('fonts/ZenAntique-Regular.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

2. Apply it

body {
  font-family: 'Zen Antique', serif;
}

How to install Zen Antique

  1. Download the font family (ZIP) and extract it.
  2. Windows: right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install. macOS: double-click the file and choose Install Font.
  3. Restart your design or office program, then pick Zen Antique from the font list.

Need more detail? Read the full installation guide.

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