Free alternatives
Free alternatives to Akzidenz-Grotesk
Akzidenz-Grotesk is a paid font. These free fonts look closest.
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Akzidenz-Grotesk is a trademark of its owner. Fonteezy isn't affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Telling letters
The a, g, R, Q, 3 and & are where lookalikes usually give themselves away. Each alternative's CSS falls back to a system font resized to its measurements, so the page doesn't jump when the font loads. Host the font files yourself.
| Font | Letters | License |
|---|---|---|
| Archivo | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Archivo Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 98.81%;
ascent-override: 88.86%;
descent-override: 21.25%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Archivo", "Archivo Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Hanken Grotesk | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Hanken Grotesk Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 101.56%;
ascent-override: 98.46%;
descent-override: 29.83%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Hanken Grotesk", "Hanken Grotesk Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Instrument Sans | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Instrument Sans Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 103.22%;
ascent-override: 93.97%;
descent-override: 24.22%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Instrument Sans", "Instrument Sans Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Work Sans | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Work Sans Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 112.07%;
ascent-override: 82.98%;
descent-override: 21.68%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Work Sans", "Work Sans Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| TeX Gyre Heros | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "TeX Gyre Heros Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 99.99%;
ascent-override: 114.81%;
descent-override: 28.40%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "TeX Gyre Heros", "TeX Gyre Heros Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useGUST Font License |