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Set in Clarity City, its closest free match
The closest free alternative to Gotham is Clarity City, 87% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Montserrat and Wix Madefor Display come next.
The six closest.
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Clarity City
87%Near twinGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 5% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Montserrat
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- A touch lighter
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Wix Madefor Display
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 5% shorter x-height
- Sets 7% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Gantari
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 9% shorter x-height
- Sets 8% narrower
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Instrument Sans
76%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 9% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Albert Sans
76%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter x-height
- Sets 8% narrower
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Gotham against Clarity City, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Clarity City comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Gotham Clarity City
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Gotham for Clarity City and nothing reflows. This sets Clarity City at Gotham’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Clarity City", sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 0.027em; /* to Gotham’s line length */About Gotham
Drawn from the lettering on mid-century New York buildings. GQ commissioned it, and Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign made it famous.
See Gotham on typography.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Gotham?
Clarity City. Measured letter by letter, it’s 87% alike: same x-height, sets 5% narrower, same weight, same stroke contrast. Montserrat, Wix Madefor Display, Gantari, Instrument Sans and Albert Sans are also close.
Is there a free version of Gotham?
No. Gotham is a paid sans serif from Hoefler & Frere-Jones. 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. Gotham was measured as a licensed copy and typography.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 Clarity City change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Clarity City at the same size with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Gotham keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Gotham 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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