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The closest free alternative to Denim is Special Gothic, 88% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. IBM Plex Sans and Hedvig Letters Sans come next.
Denim, by Martin Vácha & Daniel Quisek for Displaay, 2021. 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.
Special Gothic
88%Near twinGoogle 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
- 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.
Hedvig Letters Sans
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% taller 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.
Liter
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% taller 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.
Google Sans
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 4% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Inter
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 8% taller x-height
- Sets 10% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Denim against Special Gothic, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Special Gothic comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Denim Special Gothic
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Denim for Special Gothic and nothing reflows. This sets Special Gothic at Denim’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Special Gothic", sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 0.012em; /* to Denim’s line length */About Denim
Denim is a paid sans serif designed by Martin Vácha & Daniel Quisek, published by Displaay in 2021.
See Denim on displaay.net ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Denim?
Special Gothic. Measured letter by letter, it’s 88% alike: same x-height, sets 3% narrower, same weight, same stroke contrast. IBM Plex Sans, Hedvig Letters Sans, Liter, Google Sans and Inter are also close.
Is there a free version of Denim?
No. Denim 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. Denim 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 Special Gothic change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Special Gothic at the same size with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Denim keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Denim 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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