Free alternatives toPP Grafier

The closest free alternative to PP Grafier is Libre Baskerville, 83% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Fraunces and Radley come next.

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PP Grafier, by Alex Slobzheninov for Pangram Pangram. Measured on pangrampangram.com, October 23rd, 2026.

The six closest.

  1. 01

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Libre Baskerville

    83%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 6% taller x-height
    • Same width
    • Same weight
    • More stroke contrast
  2. 02

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Fraunces

    80%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 6% shorter x-height
    • Sets 9% narrower
    • A touch heavier
    • More stroke contrast
  3. 03

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Radley

    78%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 12% shorter x-height
    • Sets 15% narrower
    • Same weight
    • More stroke contrast
  4. 04

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Petrona

    77%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 11% shorter x-height
    • Sets 16% narrower
    • Same weight
    • Same stroke contrast
  5. 05

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Castoro

    77%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 5% shorter x-height
    • Sets 13% narrower
    • Same weight
    • More stroke contrast
  6. 06

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Brygada 1918

    77%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 8% shorter x-height
    • Sets 9% narrower
    • Same weight
    • Same stroke contrast

Measured, side by side.

PP Grafier against Libre Baskerville, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Libre Baskerville comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.

Proportions in em, at the same font size
Ascender0.770.83Cap height0.730.77x-height0.500.53Descender0.250.26
Letter widths, a to z: what decides where lines break
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Weight−5%
Stroke contrast+17%

PP Grafier Libre Baskerville

Keep your line breaks.

Swap PP Grafier for Libre Baskerville and nothing reflows. This sets Libre Baskerville at PP Grafier’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.

PP Grafier → Libre Baskerville
font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif;
font-size: 0.943em; /* down to PP Grafier’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.028em; /* to PP Grafier’s line length */

About PP Grafier

PP Grafier is a paid serif designed by Alex Slobzheninov, published by Pangram Pangram.

See PP Grafier on pangrampangram.com ↗

Questions, answered.

What is the best free alternative to PP Grafier?

Libre Baskerville. Measured letter by letter, it’s 83% alike: 6% taller x-height, same width, same weight, more stroke contrast. Fraunces, Radley, Petrona, Castoro and Brygada 1918 are also close.

Is there a free version of PP Grafier?

No. PP Grafier is a paid serif from Pangram Pangram. 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. PP Grafier was measured as pangrampangram.com, 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 Baskerville change my layout?

Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Libre Baskerville 5.7% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for PP Grafier keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.

Spot PP Grafier 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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