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The closest free alternative to Booton is Libre Franklin, 84% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. IBM Plex Sans and Schibsted Grotesk come next.
Booton, by Daniel Quisek for Displaay, 2024. Measured on displaay.net, October 23rd, 2026.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Libre Franklin
84%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 3% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
IBM Plex Sans
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter x-height
- Sets 6% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Schibsted Grotesk
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 3% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
TikTok Sans
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Public Sans
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter x-height
- Same width
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Geist Sans
82%Close matchOpen source · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Booton against Libre Franklin, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Libre Franklin comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Booton Libre Franklin
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Booton for Libre Franklin and nothing reflows. This sets Libre Franklin at Booton’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 0.012em; /* to Booton’s line length */About Booton
Booton is a paid sans serif designed by Daniel Quisek, published by Displaay in 2024.
See Booton on displaay.net ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Booton?
Libre Franklin. Measured letter by letter, it’s 84% alike: same x-height, sets 3% narrower, same weight, same stroke contrast. IBM Plex Sans, Schibsted Grotesk, TikTok Sans, Public Sans and Geist Sans are also close.
Is there a free version of Booton?
No. Booton is a paid sans serif from Displaay. 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. Booton was measured as displaay.net, October 23rd 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 Libre Franklin change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Libre Franklin 0.4% larger with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Booton keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Booton 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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