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The closest free alternative to Documan is Red Hat Text, 80% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Wix Madefor Display and Figtree come next.
Documan, by Martin Vácha for Displaay, 2019. 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.
Red Hat Text
80%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 7% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Wix Madefor Display
80%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 3% narrower
- Same weight
- More stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Figtree
75%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 6% narrower
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Instrument Sans
75%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 4% taller x-height
- Sets 5% narrower
- A touch heavier
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Elms Sans
75%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 5% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Sora
74%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 9% taller x-height
- Sets 5% wider
- Heavier
- Same stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Documan against Red Hat Text, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Red Hat Text comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Documan Red Hat Text
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Documan for Red Hat Text and nothing reflows. This sets Red Hat Text at Documan’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Red Hat Text", sans-serif;
font-size: 1.007em; /* up to Documan’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.028em; /* to Documan’s line length */About Documan
Documan is a paid sans serif designed by Martin Vácha, published by Displaay in 2019.
See Documan on displaay.net ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Documan?
Red Hat Text. Measured letter by letter, it’s 80% alike: same x-height, sets 7% narrower, same weight, same stroke contrast. Wix Madefor Display, Figtree, Instrument Sans, Elms Sans and Sora are also close.
Is there a free version of Documan?
No. Documan 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. Documan 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 Red Hat Text change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Red Hat Text 0.7% larger with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Documan keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Documan 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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