Tinos

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What do I do with this?

Just want to use the font? Click "Get this font on Google Fonts" to download it or add it directly to a document, design tool (like Canva or Photoshop), or your computer's font list.

Building a website? Click "Copy Font Code" to copy a short snippet, then paste it into your website's HTML (usually inside the <head> section) to use this font on your site.

Tinos is a serif typeface designed to be metrically compatible with Times New Roman, meaning it matches its spacing and character dimensions closely. It has a traditional, slightly formal appearance with moderate stroke contrast, bracketed serifs, and a compact structure that reads cleanly at both small and large sizes. The design does not try to stand out with unusual quirks; instead it prioritizes legibility and neutral professionalism. It carries a classic editorial feel without feeling stiff or dated.

Tinos works well in long-form document settings where a reliable, readable serif is needed without licensing concerns tied to proprietary fonts. It is a practical choice for academic or legal documents, report templates, and content-heavy websites that need a serif body font with wide platform compatibility. It also suits editorial layouts such as online magazines or news sites where text density is high and readability across devices matters.

Best suited for: Long-form documents, academic papers, legal content, news websites, and report templates requiring reliable serif typography with broad language support and platform compatibility.

Design considerations: Tinos offers four standard weights including italic variants, supporting extensive character sets across Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew scripts. Its metrically compatible structure makes it particularly useful for documents requiring consistent spacing with Times New Roman while maintaining clean readability across digital and print contexts.

Pairing guidance: Pair Tinos with Playfair Display for elegant editorial layouts where a contrasting display serif adds visual hierarchy to headlines, Lato for contemporary sans-serif contrast in mixed-content designs, or Dancing Script for accent elements like pull quotes or bylines that benefit from handwritten warmth alongside traditional body text.

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Tinos at a glance

All 4 Tinos styles

Tinos character map

Which languages does Tinos support?

Tinos includes 8 character sets:

• Cyrillic: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian and other Cyrillic-script languages
• Cyrillic Extended: additional Cyrillic letters used in languages such as Kazakh, Tatar and Bashkir
• Greek: modern Greek
• Greek Extended: polytonic (ancient) Greek
• Hebrew: Hebrew and Yiddish
• Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
• Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian
• Vietnamese: Vietnamese, including its stacked tone marks

Can I use Tinos commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Tinos is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.

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