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Set in Roboto Flex, its closest free match
The closest free alternative to Acumin is Roboto Flex, 86% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Funnel Sans and Istok Web come next.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Roboto Flex
86%Near twinGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Funnel Sans
86%Near twinGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Istok Web
85%Near twinGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 3% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Liter
85%Near twinGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% taller x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Hedvig Letters Sans
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% taller x-height
- Sets 3% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Roboto
81%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 4% taller x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Acumin against Roboto Flex, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Roboto Flex comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Acumin Roboto Flex
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Acumin for Roboto Flex and nothing reflows. This sets Roboto Flex at Acumin’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Roboto Flex", sans-serif;
font-size: 0.987em; /* down to Acumin’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.004em; /* to Acumin’s line length */About Acumin
Acumin is a paid sans serif designed by Robert Slimbach, published by Adobe Originals.
See Acumin on fonts.adobe.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Acumin?
Roboto Flex. Measured letter by letter, it’s 86% alike: same x-height, same width, same weight, same stroke contrast. Funnel Sans, Istok Web, Liter, Hedvig Letters Sans and Roboto are also close.
Is there a free version of Acumin?
No. Acumin is a paid sans serif from Adobe Originals. Every alternative on this page is free for commercial use, under the SIL Open Font License.
How were these alternatives chosen?
By measuring the letters, not by comparing names or tags. Acumin was measured as fonts.adobe.com draws it: its proportions, the width of every letter and figure, its weight, its stroke contrast and the shapes of telling letters like a, g, R and Q. The same measurements were taken of 1,506 free fonts, and these came closest. Each match was then checked by eye.
Will Roboto Flex change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Roboto Flex 1.3% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Acumin keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Acumin in the wild?
Point Fontsight at any text on any website. It names the font, and offers a free look-alike you can try on the page, line breaks intact.
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