Free fonts similar to Tiempos

The alternatives in detail

How to recognize Tiempos

Kris Sowersby, 2010, Klim Type Foundry. It started as an adaptation of Galaxie Copernicus for a Spanish newspaper redesign, in the tradition of Plantin and Times.

• A large x-height with short ascenders and descenders, so text looks dense and economical.
• Sturdy, sharply cut serifs and moderate contrast in the Text cut.
• Separate Headline and Fine cuts with tighter spacing and more contrast at large sizes.

In a site’s CSS it may appear as Tiempos Text, Tiempos Headline, Tiempos Fine, TiemposText, Tiempos Text Web. Not sure what you are looking at? Identify the font on the live page first.

Is Tiempos free?

Commercial, sold only by Klim Type Foundry. It is not on Adobe Fonts and not preinstalled on any system.

The alternatives on this page are open source, so you can use them on commercial sites, self-host the files and ship them in products. Read more in font licensing in plain English.

Use Source Serif 4 in your CSS

Put the free font first and keep sensible fallbacks behind it. Self-hosting the files is the most private and usually the fastest option.

@font-face {
  font-family: "Source Serif 4";
  src: url("/fonts/source-serif-4-400.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Source Serif 4";
  src: url("/fonts/source-serif-4-700.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Source Serif 4", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}