Akzidenz-Grotesk font
Akzidenz-Grotesk is a grotesque sans serif first issued by H. Berthold AG in 1898. It isn’t free: it is a paid typeface, sold by Berthold. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
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Schibsted Grotesk
Google Fonts classes it with the grotesque sans serifs
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About Akzidenz-Grotesk
- First issued
- H. Berthold AG, 1898Source: Wikipedia: Akzidenz-Grotesk
- Class
- Grotesque sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Akzidenz-Grotesk
- Comes with
- Not with Windows 11, macOS Tahoe or Microsoft 365, by their own listsSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- Berthold
- Also
- It is the 19th-century model the Swiss grotesques that followed drew on, Helvetica among them.Source: Wikipedia: Helvetica
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Questions about Akzidenz-Grotesk
Is Akzidenz-Grotesk free?
No. Akzidenz-Grotesk is a paid typeface, sold by Berthold. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who made Akzidenz-Grotesk?
Akzidenz-Grotesk was first issued by H. Berthold AG in 1898.
Can I use Akzidenz-Grotesk in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, only after you install a licensed copy: neither Windows nor Microsoft 365 comes with Akzidenz-Grotesk. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Akzidenz-Grotesk isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Oswald, Public Sans and Karla are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Akzidenz-Grotesk?
FontKind hasn’t measured Akzidenz-Grotesk: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Oswald, Public Sans and Karla are grotesque sans serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Akzidenz-Grotesk.