Free alternatives
Free alternatives to FF DIN
FF DIN is a paid font. These free fonts look closest.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barlow | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Barlow Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 96.96%;
ascent-override: 103.13%;
descent-override: 20.63%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Barlow", "Barlow Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Gidole | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Gidole Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 97.17%;
ascent-override: 98.49%;
descent-override: 28.14%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Gidole", "Gidole Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Titillium Web | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Titillium Web Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 94.74%;
ascent-override: 119.58%;
descent-override: 40.95%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Titillium Web", "Titillium Web Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| D-DIN | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "D-DIN Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 93.36%;
ascent-override: 89.01%;
descent-override: 18.10%;
line-gap-override: 9.21%;
}
body {
font-family: "D-DIN", "D-DIN Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
| OSP-DIN | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "OSP-DIN Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 69.36%;
ascent-override: 122.84%;
descent-override: 29.57%;
line-gap-override: 12.95%;
}
body {
font-family: "OSP-DIN", "OSP-DIN Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
Already in Microsoft Word
If you have Microsoft 365, Word already includes a version of FF DIN, at no extra cost:
- Bahnschrift. Microsoft describes it as a new digitization of DIN 1451.
From Microsoft's cloud font list, checked 3 October 2026. Some of these only appear in Word's font menu once a document uses them.