Fonts similar to Lil Grotesk
The fonts most like Lil Grotesk are Panamera (84 out of 100), Zen Kaku Gothic New (79) and Didact Gothic (77), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–53% of the em (Lil Grotesk’s is 47%) and lowercase letters 44–53% of the em wide (48%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (eight of twelve).
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The original · Lil Grotesk
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84match · #1
Panamera
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 12% lighter · 4% wider
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, i, and f
79match · #2
Zen Kaku Gothic New
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Differs most from Lil Grotesk in 9, g, and 6
77match · #3
Didact Gothic
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, a, and I
77match · #4
Elms Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · 6% heavier
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, a, and 5
77match · #5
General Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 12% taller · 6% wider
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, S, and 1
76match · #6
Google Sans Flex
Find the font. Find its kind.19% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 7% wider
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, 5, and 7
76match · #7
Satoshi
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, y, and 3
75match · #8
Urbanist
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 6% taller · 5% wider
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in a, g, and M
74match · #9
Wix Madefor Text
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · x-height 4% taller
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, 5, and S
73match · #10
Google Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.20% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 6% wider
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, 5, and 1
73match · #11
Wix Madefor Display
Find the font. Find its kind.11% wider · x-height 4% taller
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, S, and 5
73match · #12
Author
Find the font. Find its kind.8% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from Lil Grotesk in 4, 8, and 3
The 100 fonts like Lil Grotesk, measured
Lil Grotesk is narrower than most fonts like it: 66 of the 100 are wider and 14 narrower. What they keep most is Lil Grotesk’s weight on the page: 32 are within 6% of it, Didact Gothic the closest of them. They part from Lil Grotesk most often in g (59 of the 100), 9 (38) and 6 (22).
WidthLil Grotesk: 48% of the em
x-heightLil Grotesk: 47% of the em
InkLil Grotesk: 36% ink
ContrastLil Grotesk: 1.09 : 1
- 0 less contrast
- None
StylesLil Grotesk: 8 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- g59 of 100
- 938 of 100
- 622 of 100
Questions about fonts like Lil Grotesk
What is the closest font to Lil Grotesk?
Panamera, at 84 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Lil Grotesk, it is 12% lighter and 4% wider, with more stroke contrast. After it come Zen Kaku Gothic New (79) and Didact Gothic (77).
Is there a free alternative to Lil Grotesk?
Lil Grotesk is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Panamera, Zen Kaku Gothic New and Didact Gothic come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Zen Kaku Gothic New sets running text 2.4% wider, with an x-height 1.5% taller.