Univers® font
Univers is a neo-grotesque sans serif by Adrian Frutiger, first issued by Deberny & Peignot in 1957. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype. 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
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Free for commercial useOFL
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IBM Plex Sans
Google Fonts classes it with the neo-grotesque sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
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Bricolage Grotesque
Google Fonts classes it with the neo-grotesque sans serifs
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useUbuntu Font Licence
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Not measured against Univers: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Univers or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Univers
- Designed by
- Adrian FrutigerSource: Wikipedia: Univers
- First issued
- Deberny & Peignot, 1957Source: Wikipedia: Univers
- Class
- Neo-grotesque sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Univers
- Comes with
- Microsoft 365, as a cloud font: UniversSource: Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- Linotype
- Trademark
- Univers is a trademark of Monotype GmbH 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.
Univers® is a trademark of Monotype GmbH. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype GmbH, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Univers
Is Univers free?
Not to use anywhere you like. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font, for Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by Linotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Univers?
Univers was designed by Adrian Frutiger, and first issued by Deberny & Peignot in 1957.
Can I use Univers in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, yes, with Microsoft 365: Univers is one of its cloud fonts, which Word downloads when you pick it. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Univers isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Inter, Roboto and IBM Plex 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 Univers?
FontKind hasn’t measured Univers: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Inter, Roboto and IBM Plex Sans are neo-grotesque sans serifs in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Univers.