Free alternatives to paid fonts. Find the name you know. Meet a free font to try.
Browse 152 paid and system font names. For 27 Windows fonts, compare 648 pairs measured letter by letter. The other 125 open style suggestions in the finder, clearly marked as not measured. Open a result to try your own words and check its licence.
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Showing 24 of 152 fonts
Closest free font by measurements
Sneaky Times
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Score96/ 100
Also try: STIX Two Text · Jomolhari
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Rag
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Score87/ 100
Also try: Kecal · Miedinger
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Asap Condensed
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Score93/ 100
Also try: Asap · Istok Web
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STIX Two Text
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Score87/ 100
Also try: Gelasio · Frank Ruhl Libre
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DejaVu Sans
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Score92/ 100
Also try: Amiko · Biryani
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Drama Sans
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Score100/ 100
Also try: Playpen Sans · Cause
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Cutive Mono
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Score100/ 100
Also try: Courier Prime · CMU Typewriter Text
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Anton
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Score99/ 100
Also try: Anton SC · BBH Bogle
Closest free font by measurements
TASA Explorer
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Score84/ 100
Also try: Sarabun · DejaVu Sans
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Fixed name sample
Score81/ 100
Also try: Alatsi · Ramabhadra
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Noto Serif
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Score85/ 100
Also try: Frank Ruhl Libre · STIX Two Text
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Average
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Score85/ 100
Also try: Kaisei Decol · Quattrocento
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Kalam
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Score93/ 100
Also try: Mynerve · Gveret Levin
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Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift
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Score100/ 100
Also try: DIN 1451-4H · Supreme
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Alegreya Sans SC
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Score97/ 100
Also try: Alegreya Sans · Amarna
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Fixed name sample
Score85/ 100
Also try: Buenard · Poly
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Paysage
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Score83/ 100
Also try: Maven Pro · Cantarell
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Codetta
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Score90/ 100
Also try: Sometype Mono · Source Code Pro
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Metal
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Score83/ 100
Also try: Overlock SC · Katibeh
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Give You Glory
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Score89/ 100
Also try: Waiting for the Sunrise · Shadows Into Light
Closest free font by measurements
DejaVu Mono
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Score88/ 100
Also try: Cousine · Noto Mono
Closest free font by measurements
DejaVu Sans
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Score89/ 100
Also try: Telex · Amiko
Closest free font by measurements
Miedinger
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Score86/ 100
Also try: Almarai · Zalando Sans
Closest free font by measurements
Kalam
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Score99/ 100
Also try: Gveret Levin · Fuzzy Bubbles
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Free alternatives: questions
A score of 0 is what a typical pair of fonts of one kind gets; 100 is a match closer than nine fonts in ten find. It is a score, not a percentage.
A measured result opens its own comparison page with all the scored candidates. Fonts without measurements open the finder with suggestions based on their description or class; they have no measured score.
Which paid fonts have free alternatives here?
The catalogue covers 152 paid and system font names. Our lab has measured 27 Windows fonts, from Arial to Verdana; each has at least 3 free alternatives with measured scores. The remaining 125 names open the finder, where suggestions by description or class are labelled as not measured. A small number have no selected free font yet.
What does the score next to a free font mean?
It says how close the free font’s letters come to the paid font’s, from 0 for a typical pair of fonts of one kind to 100 for a match closer than nine fonts in ten find. The highest here is 100, for Drama Sans against Comic Sans MS.
Can I use these free alternatives commercially?
114 of the 121 free fonts featured in the measured comparisons are under open licences such as the SIL Open Font License, which allow commercial work, logos and print. Open a comparison or finder result to check each font’s conditions for your use, including whether an app must include the licence file.