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The closest free alternative to ABC Pelikan is Mozilla Text, 77% alike by measurement, free from Google Fonts. Geist and Hedvig Letters Sans come next.
ABC Pelikan, by Fabian Harb & 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.
Mozilla Text
77%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 4% shorter x-height
- Same width
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
- 02
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Geist
76%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 5% shorter x-height
- Sets 8% narrower
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
- 03
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Hedvig Letters Sans
76%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 7% shorter x-height
- Sets 11% narrower
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
- 04
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Inter
75%Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- Same x-height
- Sets 6% narrower
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
- 05
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Bricolage Grotesque
74%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 7% shorter x-height
- Sets 7% narrower
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
- 06
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.
Golos Text
73%Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License
- 5% shorter x-height
- Sets 5% narrower
- Same weight
- Less stroke contrast
Measured, side by side.
ABC Pelikan against Mozilla Text, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why Mozilla Text comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.
ABC Pelikan Mozilla Text
Keep your line breaks.
Swap ABC Pelikan for Mozilla Text and nothing reflows. This sets Mozilla Text at ABC Pelikan’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.
font-family: "Mozilla Text", sans-serif;
font-size: 1.045em; /* up to ABC Pelikan’s x-height */
letter-spacing: -0.01em; /* to ABC Pelikan’s line length */About ABC Pelikan
ABC Pelikan is a paid sans serif designed by Fabian Harb & Fabiola Mejía, published by Dinamo.
See ABC Pelikan on abcdinamo.com ↗Questions, answered.
What is the best free alternative to ABC Pelikan?
Mozilla Text. Measured letter by letter, it’s 77% alike: 4% shorter x-height, same width, same weight, less stroke contrast. Geist, Hedvig Letters Sans, Inter, Bricolage Grotesque and Golos Text are also close.
Is there a free version of ABC Pelikan?
No. ABC Pelikan 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 Pelikan 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 Mozilla Text change my layout?
Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets Mozilla Text 4.5% larger with a touch less letter-spacing, so text written for ABC Pelikan keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.
Spot ABC Pelikan 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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