Gotham® font
Gotham is a geometric sans serif by Tobias Frere-Jones and Jesse Ragan, first issued by Hoefler & Frere-Jones in 2002. It isn’t free: it is a paid typeface, sold by Hoefler&Co. 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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Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Montserrat02by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like DM Sans03by class
Plus Jakarta Sans
Google Fonts classes it with the geometric sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Plus Jakarta Sans04by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Figtree05by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Outfit06by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Josefin Sans
Not measured against Gotham: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Gotham or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Gotham
- Designed by
- Tobias Frere-Jones and Jesse RaganSource: Wikipedia: Gotham (typeface)
- First issued
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones, 2002Source: Wikipedia: Gotham (typeface)
- Class
- Geometric sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Gotham (typeface)
- 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
- Hoefler&Co.
- Trademark
- Gotham®, Hoefler&Co.
- Also
- Its letters were inspired by architectural signs of the mid-twentieth century; it set a US presidential campaign in 2008.Source: Wikipedia: Gotham (typeface)
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Gotham® is a trademark of Hoefler&Co. FontKind is not affiliated with Hoefler&Co., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Gotham
Is Gotham free?
No. Gotham is a paid typeface, sold by Hoefler&Co. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Gotham?
Gotham was designed by Tobias Frere-Jones and Jesse Ragan, and first issued by Hoefler & Frere-Jones in 2002.
Can I use Gotham in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, only after you install a licensed copy: neither Windows nor Microsoft 365 comes with Gotham. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Gotham isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Montserrat, DM Sans and Plus Jakarta Sans 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 Gotham?
FontKind hasn’t measured Gotham: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Montserrat, DM Sans and Plus Jakarta Sans are geometric sans serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Gotham.