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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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  1. 84match · #1

    Panamera

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    more stroke contrast · 12% lighter · 4% wider

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, i, and f

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  2. 79match · #2

    Zen Kaku Gothic New

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    9% lighter

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in 9, g, and 6

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  3. 77match · #3

    Didact Gothic

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, a, and I

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  4. 77match · #4

    Elms Sans

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    10% wider · 6% heavier

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, a, and 5

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  5. 77match · #5

    General Sans

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    x-height 12% taller · 6% wider

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, S, and 1

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  6. 76match · #6

    Google Sans Flex

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    19% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 7% wider

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, 5, and 7

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  7. 76match · #7

    Satoshi

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, y, and 3

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  8. 75match · #8

    Urbanist

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    x-height 6% taller · 5% wider

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in a, g, and M

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  9. 74match · #9

    Wix Madefor Text

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    10% wider · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, 5, and S

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  10. 73match · #10

    Google Sans

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    20% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 6% wider

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, 5, and 1

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  11. 73match · #11

    Wix Madefor Display

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    11% wider · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in g, S, and 5

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  12. 73match · #12

    Author

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    8% narrower · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Lil Grotesk in 4, 8, and 3

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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).

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.