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Set in Lora, its closest free match
The closest free alternative to Freight Text is Lora, 82% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. STIX Two Text and Gelasio come next.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Lora
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 12% taller x-height
- Sets 14% wider
- Same weight
- More stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
STIX Two Text
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 6% taller x-height
- Sets 3% wider
- Same weight
- More stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Gelasio
81%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 9% taller x-height
- Sets 8% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Lustria
81%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 13% taller x-height
- Sets 14% wider
- A touch lighter
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Bespoke Serif
81%Close matchFontshare · ITF Free Font License
- 13% taller x-height
- Sets 15% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Libre Caslon Text
79%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 19% taller x-height
- Sets 17% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Freight Text against Lora, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Lora comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Freight Text Lora
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Freight Text for Lora and nothing reflows. This sets Lora at Freight Text’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Lora", serif;
font-size: 0.892em; /* down to Freight Text’s x-height */
letter-spacing: -0.01em; /* to Freight Text’s line length */About Freight Text
Freight Text is a paid serif designed by Joshua Darden, published by The Freight Collection.
See Freight Text on fonts.adobe.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Freight Text?
Lora. Measured letter by letter, it’s 82% alike: 12% taller x-height, sets 14% wider, same weight, more stroke contrast. STIX Two Text, Gelasio, Lustria, Bespoke Serif and Libre Caslon Text are also close.
Is there a free version of Freight Text?
No. Freight Text is a paid serif from The Freight Collection. Every alternative on this page is free for commercial use, under the SIL Open Font License and ITF Free Font License.
How were these alternatives chosen?
By measuring the letters, not by comparing names or tags. Freight Text 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 Lora change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Lora 10.8% smaller with a touch less letter-spacing, so text written for Freight Text keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Freight Text 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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