Backslash Serif

Backslash is a serif typeface featuring beautifully smooth curves and a wide range of alternate characters, ornaments, and distinctive ligatures. The letterforms combine elegant serif detailing with creative character variations that give designers extensive options for customizing their typographic compositions. With over 136,000 downloads, it has proven popular among designers seeking a versatile decorative serif.

The font includes uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals, punctuation, multilingual language support, and an extensive collection of alternates and ligatures. These OpenType features allow designers to create unique text treatments by swapping character variants and adding decorative elements. The ornamental options add extra visual flair to display text without requiring separate decorative fonts.

Backslash Serif excels in poster headlines, logo designs, packaging layouts, t-shirt graphics, magazine titles, wedding invitations, branding projects, and bold editorial features where a decorative serif with character customization options elevates the design. The ligatures and alternates make each word feel individually crafted. The font is free for personal use in OTF format, with a commercial license available for professional applications.

Type design by David Kasidi.