Franklin Gothic Medium font
Franklin Gothic Medium is a grotesque sans serif by Morris Fuller Benton, first issued by American Type Founders in 1902. It comes with Windows: use it on that computer, in documents and pictures, but its licence doesn’t let you put the font file on a website or pass it on. These 24 free sans serifs come closest to it, measured letter by letter, closest first.
Franklin Gothic Medium itself comes from your device, if it is installed
01 / Free alternatives to Franklin Gothic Medium — compared by measurements
The original · Franklin Gothic Medium, from your device
81match · #1
Quilon
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 9% wider · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in a, i, and j
81match · #2
Alatsi
Find the font. Find its kind.4% wider · 7% heavier
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 1, g, and M
81match · #3
Ramabhadra
Find the font. Find its kind.13% wider · x-height 7% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in J, 8, and a
77match · #4
Perun
Find the font. Find its kind.13% wider · more stroke contrast · 9% heavier
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in t, g, and 8
77match · #5
Radio Canada Big
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 7% taller · 6% wider · 8% lighter
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in Q, 3, and g
76match · #6
Rag Narrow
Find the font. Find its kind.12% lighter · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 8, g, and Q
75match · #7
Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in t, 7, and 8
75match · #8
Chivo
Find the font. Find its kind.13% wider · 17% lighter · x-height 4% taller
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in t, I, and 8
75match · #9
Public Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.23% lighter · 11% wider · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in l, 8, and u
74match · #10
Bricolage Grotesque
Find the font. Find its kind.13% lighter · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in y, K, and 3
73match · #11
Archivo
Find the font. Find its kind.18% lighter · x-height 7% taller · 4% wider
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 8, J, and Q
73match · #12
Shanti
Find the font. Find its kind.19% lighter · 5% wider
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in l, C, and G
73match · #13
Archivo Narrow
Find the font. Find its kind.15% narrower · x-height 7% taller · 11% lighter
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 8, m, and e
73match · #14
Liga Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.6% wider · 10% heavier · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in Z, Q, and 8
72match · #15
Plainsound Semi Condensed
Find the font. Find its kind.16% lighter · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in g, 8, and r
70match · #16
St. Martin
Find the font. Find its kind.13% wider · x-height 8% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in g, 8, and l
69match · #17
Fehmarn Belt
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 42% taller · 31% wider · 7% heavier
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 8, Q, and 4
68match · #18
Archivo Black
Find the font. Find its kind.29% wider · 34% heavier · x-height 7% taller
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in a, t, and Q
68match · #19
Allerta
Find the font. Find its kind.23% wider · x-height 12% taller · 14% lighter
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 0, l, and j
68match · #20
BDO Grotesk
Find the font. Find its kind.17% wider · x-height 15% taller · 16% lighter
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in Q, g, and 8
68match · #21
Tauri
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 12% taller · 11% wider
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in d, S, and C
68match · #22
Stack Sans Headline
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 14% taller · 12% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in O, g, and Q
68match · #23
Padauk
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 12% shorter · 19% lighter · 5% narrower
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in 8, g, and t
67match · #24
Special Gothic
Find the font. Find its kind.20% lighter
Differs most from Franklin Gothic Medium in O, Q, and 7
About Franklin Gothic Medium
- Designed by
- Morris Fuller BentonSource: Wikipedia: Franklin Gothic
- First issued
- American Type Founders, 1902Source: Wikipedia: Franklin Gothic
- Class
- Grotesque sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Franklin Gothic
- Comes with
- Windows 11: Franklin Gothic MediumMicrosoft 365, as a cloud font: Franklin Gothic Book, Franklin Gothic Demi, Franklin Gothic HeavySource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Trademark
- ITC Franklin Gothic is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
- Also
- The weight that comes with Windows is from ITC Franklin Gothic, Victor Caruso’s redrawing of the 1970s.Source: Wikipedia: Franklin Gothic
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
ITC Franklin Gothic™ is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype ITC Inc., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Franklin Gothic Medium
Is Franklin Gothic Medium free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Franklin Gothic Medium comes with Windows, and its licence doesn’t let you put it on a website or pass the file on. The 24 fonts on this page are free to use, commercially and on websites too: 23 under the SIL Open Font License and 1 under the ITF Free Font License.
Which free font is closest to Franklin Gothic Medium?
Quilon, at 81 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then Alatsi (81) and Ramabhadra (81). Next to Franklin Gothic Medium, Quilon is 9% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 6% shorter.
Can I use a free Franklin Gothic Medium alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: Alatsi, Ramabhadra, Radio Canada Big and twelve more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts.
Who designed Franklin Gothic Medium?
Franklin Gothic Medium was designed by Morris Fuller Benton, and first issued by American Type Founders in 1902.