Libertinus Serif
Caleb Maclennan · A serif font family installed with regular, semibold and bold styles, each with upright and italic files.
Libertinus Serif is a font you can install on a Mac.
About
Libertinus Serif is a serif typeface available through Google Fonts. The Homebrew cask installs six font files for use by applications that let you choose installed fonts.
Included styles:
- Regular and Italic
- SemiBold and SemiBold Italic
- Bold and Bold Italic
Install it with brew install --cask font-libertinus-serif. The font files are placed in $HOME/. After installation, select the desired Libertinus Serif style from the font menu in a compatible application; installing this cask adds fonts, not an application.
The cask provides the six listed styles. This list does not establish additional styles, full Unicode coverage, or ligature support.
Google Fonts: Libertinus Serif
Download size: Unknown.
Version changes: Unknown.
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Install and uninstall
Homebrew installs the font in ~/Library/Fonts, where Font Book can use it.
Install without Homebrew
Download the same file Homebrew uses: github.com/google/fonts.git
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-libertinus-serifA regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.
Questions
Is Libertinus Serif safe?
Libertinus Serif is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. The download comes from github.com; Homebrew does not verify a checksum for it. It was installed 4 times through Homebrew in the last 30 days.
How do I completely uninstall Libertinus Serif on a Mac?
Run brew uninstall --cask font-libertinus-serif.