Kabel® font
Kabel is a geometric sans serif by Rudolf Koch, first issued by Gebr. Klingspor in 1927. It isn’t free: it is a paid typeface, sold by ITC. 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 Kabel: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Kabel or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Kabel
- Designed by
- Rudolf KochSource: Wikipedia: Kabel (typeface)
- First issued
- Gebr. Klingspor, 1927Source: Wikipedia: Kabel (typeface)
- Class
- Geometric sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Kabel (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
- ITC
- Trademark
- Kabel is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other 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.
Kabel® is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype Imaging Inc., and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Kabel
Is Kabel free?
No. Kabel is a paid typeface, sold by ITC. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Kabel?
Kabel was designed by Rudolf Koch, and first issued by Gebr. Klingspor in 1927.
Can I use Kabel in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, only after you install a licensed copy: neither Windows nor Microsoft 365 comes with Kabel. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Kabel 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 Kabel?
FontKind hasn’t measured Kabel: 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 Kabel.