Impact™ font
Impact is a grotesque sans serif in the industrial style. It was designed by Geoffrey Lee, and first issued by Stephenson Blake in 1965. It comes with Windows and macOS: 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.
Impact itself comes from your device, if it is installed
01 / Free alternatives to Impact™ — compared by measurements
The original · Impact, from your device
99match · #1
Anton
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 13% taller · less stroke contrast · 8% lighter
Differs most from Impact in J
98match · #2
Anton SC
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 13% taller · less stroke contrast · 8% lighter
Differs most from Impact in J
77match · #3
BBH Bogle
Find the font. Find its kind.20% lighter · x-height 8% taller · 6% narrower
Differs most from Impact in I, 7, and 1
75match · #4
Fjalla One
Find the font. Find its kind.28% lighter · 6% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in J, i, and j
69match · #5
66match · #6
League Gothic
Find the font. Find its kind.37% narrower · x-height 16% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in S, g, and m
65match · #7
Antonio
Find the font. Find its kind.40% lighter · x-height 13% taller · 11% narrower
Differs most from Impact in J, x, and 7
65match · #8
Oswald
Find the font. Find its kind.31% lighter · 14% narrower · x-height 11% shorter
Differs most from Impact in s, g, and X
64match · #9
Basement Grotesque
Find the font. Find its kind.38% wider · x-height 7% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in U, Z, and F
62match · #10
Gasoek One
Find the font. Find its kind.39% wider · less stroke contrast · 13% heavier
Differs most from Impact in 1, 2, and S
62match · #11
Special Gothic Condensed One
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 21% shorter · 18% narrower · 21% lighter
Differs most from Impact in 8, g, and R
62match · #12
Norwester
Find the font. Find its kind.33% lighter · 11% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in 5, X, and J
58match · #13
Kdam Thmor Pro
Find the font. Find its kind.32% lighter · 12% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in w, z, and U
58match · #14
Tanker
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 16% taller · 22% lighter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in Y, W, and V
57match · #15
New Amsterdam
Find the font. Find its kind.15% narrower · 29% lighter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in W, V, and A
55match · #16
Francois One
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 13% shorter · 22% lighter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in T, R, and h
55match · #17
Viga
Find the font. Find its kind.28% lighter · x-height 12% shorter · 10% wider
Differs most from Impact in A, F, and L
54match · #18
Archivo Black
Find the font. Find its kind.33% wider · x-height 19% shorter · 10% lighter
Differs most from Impact in X, Y, and g
52match · #19
Fehmarn Belt
Find the font. Find its kind.35% wider · 28% lighter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in X, J, and W
52match · #20
Candal
Find the font. Find its kind.41% wider · x-height 19% shorter · 13% lighter
Differs most from Impact in G, C, and e
49match · #21
Do Hyeon
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 21% shorter · 26% lighter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in t, R, and x
48match · #22
Perun
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 23% shorter · 16% wider · 26% lighter
Differs most from Impact in U, X, and J
47match · #23
Jockey One
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 21% shorter · 17% lighter · 8% narrower
Differs most from Impact in G, v, and w
47match · #24
Russo One
Find the font. Find its kind.24% wider · x-height 18% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Impact in X, U, and I
About Impact
- Designed by
- Geoffrey LeeSource: Wikipedia: Impact (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- Stephenson Blake, 1965Source: Wikipedia: Impact (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- Class
- Grotesque sans serif in the industrial styleSource: Wikipedia: Impact (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Windows 11: ImpactMicrosoft 365, as a cloud font: ImpactmacOS Tahoe: ImpactSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Trademark
- Impact is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
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.
Impact™ is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation. FontKind is not affiliated with The Monotype Corporation, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Impact
Is Impact free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Impact 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 Impact?
Anton, at 99 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then Anton SC (98) and BBH Bogle (77). Next to Impact, Anton is 8% lighter, with an x-height 13% taller and less stroke contrast.
Can I use a free Impact alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: Anton, Anton SC, BBH Bogle and 16 more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts.
Who designed Impact?
Impact was designed by Geoffrey Lee, and first issued by Stephenson Blake in 1965.