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The closest free alternative to Aperçu is Roboto Flex, 81% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Special Gothic and Google Sans Flex come next.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Roboto Flex
81%Close matchGoogle 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.
Special Gothic
80%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 4% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Google Sans Flex
79%Close matchGoogle 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.
Reddit Sans
79%Close matchGoogle 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.
Hanken Grotesk
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
DM Sans
77%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 6% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Aperçu against Roboto Flex, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Roboto Flex comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Aperçu Roboto Flex
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Aperçu for Roboto Flex and nothing reflows. This sets Roboto Flex at Aperçu’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Roboto Flex", sans-serif;
font-size: 0.981em; /* down to Aperçu’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.008em; /* to Aperçu’s line length */About Aperçu
Aperçu is a paid sans serif designed by Anthony Sheret & Edd Harrington, published by Colophon in 2010.
See Aperçu on myfonts.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Aperçu?
Roboto Flex. Measured letter by letter, it’s 81% alike: same x-height, same width, same weight, same stroke contrast. Special Gothic, Google Sans Flex, Reddit Sans, Hanken Grotesk and DM Sans are also close.
Is there a free version of Aperçu?
No. Aperçu is a paid sans serif from Colophon. 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. Aperçu was measured as myfonts.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 1.9% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Aperçu keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Aperçu 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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