Gelasio

serif · Designed by Eben Sorkin

Gelasio: Crazy Fredrick bought many exquisite opal jewels

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Gelasio is a serif typeface designed to be metrically compatible with Georgia, meaning it shares the same character widths and spacing. Visually, it carries the familiar warmth of a traditional screen-optimized serif, with sturdy strokes, moderate contrast, and rounded terminals that make it approachable without being overly decorative. It reads cleanly at both small and large sizes, and its proportions feel balanced rather than rigid. The overall personality is reliable and readable, leaning toward editorial and professional contexts rather than display or branding work.

Gelasio works well as a body text font for long-form content on the web, such as blog posts, news articles, or documentation, where readability is the priority. It is also a solid choice for print-adjacent digital materials like reports, white papers, or digital magazines that need a traditional serif feel without looking outdated. For teams working with legacy content that was originally set in Georgia, Gelasio serves as a practical drop-in replacement that maintains layout consistency while offering slightly updated rendering.

Best suited for: Body text in digital articles, long-form web content, reports, and documentation where traditional serif readability and screen performance are priorities.

Design considerations: Gelasio offers eight weight and style variants, supporting flexible typographic hierarchy across editorial layouts. Its metrically compatible design with Georgia makes it particularly useful for projects requiring consistent spacing and proportions with existing web typography systems.

Pairing guidance: Pair Gelasio with Playfair Display for contrasting display and heading roles, Source Sans 3 for complementary sans-serif navigation or UI elements, and DM Mono for code blocks or technical content requiring monospace treatment.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Source Sans 3 DM Mono

Gelasio at a glance

Designer

Eben Sorkin

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

December 2019

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

8 (4 weights + italics)

Variable font

Yes: weight 400–700

Classification

Serif

Character sets

3

Distributed via

Google Fonts

All 8 Gelasio styles

Weight Name Upright Italic
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
500 Medium Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
600 SemiBold Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
700 Bold Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123

Gelasio character map

Uppercase

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lowercase

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Numbers and punctuation

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Latin Extended (sample)

Ā Ă Ą Ć Č Ď Đ Ē Ę Ě Ğ Ī Į İ Ĺ Ľ Ł Ń Ň Ő Œ Ř Ś Ş Š Ť Ů Ű Ź Ż Ž

Vietnamese (sample)

Ạ Ả Ấ Ầ Ẩ Ẫ Ậ Ắ Ằ Ặ Ẹ Ẻ Ẽ Ế Ề Ệ Ỉ Ị Ọ Ỏ Ố Ồ Ộ Ơ Ớ Ờ Ụ Ủ Ư Ứ Ừ Ự Ỳ Ỵ

Which languages does Gelasio support?

Gelasio includes 3 character sets:

  • 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

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use Gelasio commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Gelasio 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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Gelasio FAQ

Is Gelasio free for commercial use?

Yes. Gelasio is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so you can use it in commercial projects, including logos, client work and products you sell.

Which weights does Gelasio include?

Gelasio includes 4 weights, from Regular (400) to Bold (700), each with a matching italic, for 8 styles in total. It's also a variable font, so any weight between 400 and 700 is available.

Does Gelasio support Cyrillic?

No. Gelasio supports Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Gelasio?

Gelasio was designed by Eben Sorkin. It was added to Google Fonts in December 2019.