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Set in Plein, its closest free match
The closest free alternative to Freight Sans is Plein, 80% alike by measurement, free from Fontshare. Author and Open Sans come next.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Plein
80%Close matchFontshare · ITF Free Font License
- 10% taller x-height
- Sets 10% wider
- A touch heavier
- More stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Author
78%Close matchFontshare · ITF Free Font License
- 3% shorter 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.
Open Sans
77%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 17% taller x-height
- Sets 18% wider
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Encode Sans Semi Expanded
77%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 18% taller x-height
- Sets 19% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Bespoke Sans
77%Close matchFontshare · ITF Free Font License
- 13% taller x-height
- Sets 16% wider
- Heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Duru Sans
76%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 23% taller x-height
- Sets 31% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Freight Sans against Plein, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Plein comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Freight Sans Plein
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Freight Sans for Plein and nothing reflows. This sets Plein at Freight Sans’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Plein", sans-serif;
font-size: 0.905em; /* down to Freight Sans’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.002em; /* to Freight Sans’s line length */About Freight Sans
Freight Sans is a paid sans serif designed by Joshua Darden, published by The Freight Collection.
See Freight Sans on fonts.adobe.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Freight Sans?
Plein. Measured letter by letter, it’s 80% alike: 10% taller x-height, sets 10% wider, a touch heavier, more stroke contrast. Author, Open Sans, Encode Sans Semi Expanded, Bespoke Sans and Duru Sans are also close.
Is there a free version of Freight Sans?
No. Freight Sans is a paid sans serif from The Freight Collection. Every alternative on this page is free for commercial use, under the ITF Free Font License and SIL Open Font License.
How were these alternatives chosen?
By measuring the letters, not by comparing names or tags. Freight Sans 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 Plein change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Plein 9.5% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Freight Sans keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Freight Sans 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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