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Set in Jost, its closest free match
The closest free alternative to Futura PT is Jost, 69% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. League Spartan and Afacad come next.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Jost
69%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 11% taller x-height
- Sets 9% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
League Spartan
67%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 6% wider
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Afacad
67%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 3% wider
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Teachers
66%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 6% taller x-height
- Sets 11% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Alata
62%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 11% taller x-height
- Sets 17% wider
- Heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Cantarell
60%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 16% taller x-height
- Sets 20% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Futura PT against Jost, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Jost comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Futura PT Jost
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Futura PT for Jost and nothing reflows. This sets Jost at Futura PT’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Jost", sans-serif;
font-size: 0.902em; /* down to Futura PT’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.006em; /* to Futura PT’s line length */About Futura PT
Futura PT is a paid sans serif designed by Isabella Chaeva & Paul Renner & Vladimir Andrich & Vladimir Yefimov, published by Paratype.
See Futura PT on fonts.adobe.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Futura PT?
Jost. Measured letter by letter, it’s 69% alike: 11% taller x-height, sets 9% wider, same weight, same stroke contrast. League Spartan, Afacad, Teachers, Alata and Cantarell are also close.
Is there a free version of Futura PT?
No. Futura PT is a paid sans serif from Paratype. 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. Futura PT 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 Jost change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Jost 9.8% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Futura PT keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Futura PT 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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