Sitka font
Sitka is a typeface by Matthew Carter, from Microsoft. 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 serifs come closest to it, measured letter by letter, closest first.
Sitka itself comes from your device, if it is installed
01 / Free alternatives to Sitka — compared by measurements
The original · Sitka, from your device
83match · #1
Erode
Find the font. Find its kind.12% narrower · 15% lighter · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from Sitka in Q, O, and r
83match · #2
Judson
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 10% narrower · x-height 8% shorter
Differs most from Sitka in g, c, and Q
82match · #3
Yrsa
Find the font. Find its kind.16% narrower · x-height 13% shorter · 7% heavier
Differs most from Sitka in 4, j, and 7
82match · #4
UNAL Ancizar Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.11% narrower · x-height 6% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Sitka in g, 0, and r
81match · #5
Bona Nova
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 8% shorter · 8% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in Q, 0, and t
80match · #6
Radley
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter · 6% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in 1, 8, and Z
79match · #7
Bona Nova SC
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 8% shorter · 8% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in Q, O, and 7
78match · #8
78match · #9
Gambetta
Find the font. Find its kind.17% lighter · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter
Differs most from Sitka in 3, Q, and C
77match · #10
Tinos
Find the font. Find its kind.14% narrower · x-height 4% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Sitka in 2, c, and 5
77match · #11
Gulzar
Find the font. Find its kind.10% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Sitka in 3, 2, and 9
77match · #12
76match · #13
STIX Two Text
Find the font. Find its kind.10% narrower · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Sitka in 3, 1, and 5
74match · #14
Gupter
Find the font. Find its kind.18% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Sitka in 5, 3, and 0
74match · #15
Halant
Find the font. Find its kind.10% narrower · 19% lighter · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Sitka in C, 9, and 0
73match · #16
Inria Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 14% lighter · x-height 4% taller
Differs most from Sitka in 2, s, and 4
73match · #17
Namdhinggo
Find the font. Find its kind.16% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Sitka in C, O, and g
72match · #18
Buenard
Find the font. Find its kind.12% narrower · x-height 12% shorter
Differs most from Sitka in Z, C, and Q
72match · #19
Linden Hill
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% shorter · 18% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in Z, O, and 0
71match · #20
Bentham
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 19% shorter · 9% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in d, q, and r
71match · #21
Suranna
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 19% narrower · x-height 14% shorter
Differs most from Sitka in 1, b, and s
71match · #22
Abhaya Libre
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 13% shorter · 13% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in b, g, and q
71match · #23
Frank Ruhl Libre
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 7% narrower
Differs most from Sitka in 2, 7, and 3
71match · #24
Arapey
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 17% narrower · x-height 8% shorter
Differs most from Sitka in q, b, and 7
About Sitka
- Designed by
- Matthew CarterSource: Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- MicrosoftSource: Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Windows 11: SitkaSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list
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.
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Questions about Sitka
Is Sitka free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Sitka 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: 21 under the SIL Open Font License and 3 under the ITF Free Font License.
Which free font is closest to Sitka?
Erode, at 83 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then Judson (83) and Yrsa (82). Next to Sitka, Erode is 12% narrower and 15% lighter, with an x-height 6% shorter.
Can I use a free Sitka alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: Judson, Yrsa, UNAL Ancizar Serif and 17 more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts. In Word, none of them is one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts: install the one you choose from its page here, then restart Word, and it is in the font menu.
Who designed Sitka?
Sitka was designed by Matthew Carter, and issued by Microsoft.