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Fonts similar to General Sans

The fonts most like General Sans are Satoshi (87 out of 100), Elms Sans (83) and Involve (81), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 47–55% of the em (General Sans’s is 53%) and lowercase letters 48–54% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have a shorter x-height (nine of twelve).

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  1. 87match · #1

    Satoshi

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    x-height 8% shorter · 4% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from General Sans in t, 0, and 3

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  2. 83match · #2

    Elms Sans

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    x-height 9% shorter · 11% heavier · 3% wider

    Differs most from General Sans in a, f, and d

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  3. 81match · #3

    Involve

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    6% wider · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from General Sans in a, i, and Q

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  4. 80match · #4

    Wix Madefor Text

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    x-height 7% shorter · 8% heavier · 4% wider

    Differs most from General Sans in 1, G, and Q

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  5. 80match · #5

    Wix Madefor Display

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    x-height 7% shorter · 4% wider · 8% heavier

    Differs most from General Sans in 1 and 3

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  6. 79match · #6

    Google Sans Flex

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    24% heavier · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from General Sans in 1

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  7. 79match · #7

    Manrope

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    10% heavier

    Differs most from General Sans in 0, 6, and 9

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  8. 79match · #8

    Albert Sans

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    x-height 5% shorter · 8% heavier

    Differs most from General Sans in f, t, and c

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  9. 78match · #9

    Inter Tight

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    23% heavier · 5% narrower · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from General Sans in 9, 6, and 1

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  10. 78match · #10

    Panamera

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    x-height 10% shorter · more stroke contrast · 8% lighter

    Differs most from General Sans in f, G, and i

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  11. 78match · #11

    Zen Kaku Gothic New

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    x-height 9% shorter · 5% narrower

    Differs most from General Sans in 9, 6, and 1

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  12. 77match · #12

    Lil Grotesk

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    x-height 10% shorter · 6% narrower

    Differs most from General Sans in g, S, and 1

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The 100 fonts like General Sans, measured

General Sans is lighter than most fonts like it: 81 of the 100 are heavier and 3 lighter. What they keep most is General Sans’s width: 42 are within 3% of it, Google Sans Flex the closest of them. They part from General Sans most often in 9 (57 of the 100), 6 (39) and 1 (21).

Questions about fonts like General Sans

What is the closest font to General Sans?

Satoshi, at 87 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to General Sans, it is 4% narrower and 7% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter. After it come Elms Sans (83) and Involve (81).

Is there a free alternative to General Sans?

General Sans is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Elms Sans, Involve and Wix Madefor Text.