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The closest free alternative to Greed is Special Gothic, 83% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Pontano Sans and Libre Franklin come next.
Greed, by Martin Vácha for Displaay, 2020. 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
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 5% taller 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.
Pontano Sans
82%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 4% taller x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Libre Franklin
80%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 11% taller x-height
- Sets 12% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Supreme
80%Close matchFontshare · ITF Free Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 6% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
DM Sans
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 5% taller x-height
- Sets 12% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Google Sans
77%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 7% taller x-height
- Sets 8% wider
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
Greed against Special Gothic, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Special Gothic comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
Greed Special Gothic
Keep your line breaks.
Swap Greed for Special Gothic and nothing reflows. This sets Special Gothic at Greed’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Special Gothic", sans-serif;
font-size: 0.948em; /* down to Greed’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.017em; /* to Greed’s line length */About Greed
Greed is a paid sans serif designed by Martin Vácha, published by Displaay in 2020.
See Greed on displaay.net ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to Greed?
Special Gothic. Measured letter by letter, it’s 83% alike: 5% taller x-height, same width, same weight, same stroke contrast. Pontano Sans, Libre Franklin, Supreme, DM Sans and Google Sans are also close.
Is there a free version of Greed?
No. Greed is a paid sans serif from Displaay. Every alternative on this page is free for commercial use, under the SIL Open Font License and ITF Free Font License.
How were these alternatives chosen?
By measuring the letters, not by comparing names or tags. Greed 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 5.2% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for Greed keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot Greed 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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