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The closest free alternative to ABC Helveesti is Inter, 86% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Liter and Pretendard come next.
ABC Helveesti, by Fabian Harb, Robert Janes, Johannes Breyer & Fabiola Mejía for Dinamo. Measured on abcdinamo.com, October 23rd, 2026.
The six closest.
- 01
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Inter
86%Near twinGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 4% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Liter
83%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 4% shorter x-height
- Sets 5% narrower
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Pretendard
82%Close matchOpen source · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Geist
81%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.
TikTok Sans
79%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter x-height
- Sets 3% wider
- Same weight
- Same stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Schibsted Grotesk
78%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 3% shorter x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- More stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
ABC Helveesti against Inter, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Inter comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
ABC Helveesti Inter
Keep your line breaks.
Swap ABC Helveesti for Inter and nothing reflows. This sets Inter at ABC Helveesti’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Inter", sans-serif;
font-size: 0.991em; /* down to ABC Helveesti’s x-height */
letter-spacing: -0.014em; /* to ABC Helveesti’s line length */About ABC Helveesti
ABC Helveesti is a paid sans serif designed by Fabian Harb, Robert Janes, Johannes Breyer & Fabiola Mejía, published by Dinamo.
See ABC Helveesti on abcdinamo.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to ABC Helveesti?
Inter. Measured letter by letter, it’s 86% alike: same x-height, sets 4% wider, same weight, same stroke contrast. Liter, Pretendard, Geist, TikTok Sans and Schibsted Grotesk are also close.
Is there a free version of ABC Helveesti?
No. ABC Helveesti is a paid sans serif from Dinamo. 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. ABC Helveesti was measured as abcdinamo.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 Inter change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Inter 0.9% smaller with a touch less letter-spacing, so text written for ABC Helveesti keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot ABC Helveesti 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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