Free alternatives
Free alternatives to Gill Sans
Gill Sans 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gill Sans (original) | Paid | |
| Cabin | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Cabin Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 94.93%;
ascent-override: 101.65%;
descent-override: 26.33%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
body {
font-family: "Cabin", "Cabin Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
| Railway | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Railway Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 98.70%;
ascent-override: 96.66%;
descent-override: 32.22%;
line-gap-override: 2.23%;
}
body {
font-family: "Railway", "Railway Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial useSIL Open Font License |
| Gillius ADF | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Gillius ADF Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 95.29%;
ascent-override: 99.07%;
descent-override: 31.27%;
line-gap-override: 2.83%;
}
body {
font-family: "Gillius ADF", "Gillius ADF Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
| Gillius ADF Cond | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Gillius ADF Cond Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 86.42%;
ascent-override: 109.23%;
descent-override: 34.48%;
line-gap-override: 3.12%;
}
body {
font-family: "Gillius ADF Cond", "Gillius ADF Cond Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
| Gillius ADF No2 | a g R Q 3 &Drop-in CSS@font-face {
font-family: "Gillius ADF No2 Fallback";
src: local("Arial");
size-adjust: 94.49%;
ascent-override: 98.75%;
descent-override: 31.54%;
line-gap-override: 2.75%;
}
body {
font-family: "Gillius ADF No2", "Gillius ADF No2 Fallback", sans-serif;
} | Free for commercial use |
Already in Microsoft Word
If you have Microsoft 365, Word already includes a version of Gill Sans, at no extra cost:
- Gill Sans MT. Monotype's digital version of Gill Sans.
- Gill Sans Nova. Monotype's 2015 extension of Gill Sans, with more weights.
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.