No — Reader isn’t listed as a free font. Colophon releases it, so licence options and pricing sit on their site.
Reader is a serif typeface from Colophon.
Start with Colophon’s other releases — Nib and Grenette. They come from the same studio that drew Reader, and A1 has 3 websites using them.
Reader is a neo–grotesque typeface initially created in a Medium weight, and now re-cut into a base family of six weights with an additional seventh in the form of Reader Black. The typeface itself is based on a reference from an RSPB letter dating 1972. The name of the typeface from the original reference of whom the letter is addressed to — Reader.
A1 features 1 website using Reader. It leans towards Gradients, Glow, and Bento design styles, and it’s most often built with Webflow.