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Set in Special Gothic, its closest free match
The closest free alternative to Trade Gothic Next is Special Gothic, 83% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Roboto Flex and Roboto come next.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Special Gothic
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter 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.
Roboto Flex
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 3% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Roboto
81%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 4% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
IBM Plex Sans
80%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 5% wider
- A touch lighter
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Familjen Grotesk
79%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter 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.
Public Sans
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 9% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Trade Gothic Next against Special Gothic, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Special Gothic comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Trade Gothic Next Special Gothic
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Trade Gothic Next for Special Gothic and nothing reflows. This sets Special Gothic at Trade Gothic Next’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Special Gothic", sans-serif;
font-size: 1.028em; /* up to Trade Gothic Next’s x-height */
letter-spacing: -0.006em; /* to Trade Gothic Next’s line length */About Trade Gothic Next
Trade Gothic Next is a paid sans serif designed by Akira Kobayashi & Tom Grace & Jackson Burke, published by Monotype.
See Trade Gothic Next on fonts.adobe.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Trade Gothic Next?
Special Gothic. Measured letter by letter, it’s 83% alike: 3% shorter x-height, same width, same weight, same stroke contrast. Roboto Flex, Roboto, IBM Plex Sans, Familjen Grotesk and Public Sans are also close.
Is there a free version of Trade Gothic Next?
No. Trade Gothic Next is a paid sans serif from Monotype. 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. Trade Gothic Next 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 Special Gothic change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Special Gothic 2.8% larger with a touch less letter-spacing, so text written for Trade Gothic Next keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Trade Gothic Next 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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