Sans serif · Julieta Ulanovsky
Montserrat Alternates
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CSSfont-family: 'Montserrat Alternates', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Montserrat Alternates is a free sans serif by Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral and Jacques Le Bailly, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Montserrat Alternates has an x-height taller than 69%, is wider than 89% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 93%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Achieve
Montserrat Alternates on one light table with its two closest fonts, Achieve (66 out of 100) and Chillax (65). Achieve is 11% wider, with an x-height 14% taller and less stroke contrast; Chillax is 6% narrower, with an x-height 8% shorter.
Montserrat Alternates and Achieve laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Montserrat AlternatesAchieve…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Montserrat Alternates alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Montserrat Alternates in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Montserrat Alternates, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral, Jacques Le Bailly
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Montserrat Alternates is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Montserrat Alternates, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Montserrat Alternates under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Montserrat Alternates, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 58.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 32%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.15 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 69% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 89% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 93% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Montserrat Alternates
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Montserrat Alternates's own familyMontserratMontserrat Underline
- Achieve66x-height 14% taller · 11% wider · less stroke contrast
- Chillax65x-height 8% shorter · 6% narrower
- Raleway6011% narrower
- Roundo609% narrower
- THICCCBOI599% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Livvic5814% narrower · 18% heavier · x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Montserrat Alternates →Compare side by side →Get Montserrat Alternates on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Montserrat Alternates without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Parkinsans57text 1.5% narrower · x-height 4.3% taller
- M PLUS U52text 2.5% wider · x-height 1.1% shorter
- Argentum Sans52text 1.6% narrower · x-height 1.1% taller
- Sora49text 2.1% narrower · x-height 1.5% taller
- LINE Seed JP46text 0.7% narrower · x-height 3.2% shorter
- Poppins43text 2.4% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Montserrat Alternates loads, this sets Arial in its place at 116.9% of its size, so running text keeps Montserrat Alternates’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Montserrat Alternates Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 116.92%;
ascent-override: 82.79%;
descent-override: 21.47%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Montserrat Alternates', 'Montserrat Alternates Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Montserrat Alternates
Of the 4,924 home pages that load Montserrat Alternates, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Montserrat47%2,319 sites · 3.5× chanceMontserrat Alternates’s own family
- Roboto17%859 sites · 0.9× chance
- Open Sans12%586 sites · 0.7× chance
- Poppins8%394 sites · 0.7× chance
- Inter4.7%232 sites · 0.5× chance
- Lato4.5%220 sites · 0.6× chance
More than chanceMontserrat 3.5×
Fonts that go with Montserrat Alternates: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerMontserrat Alternates + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Montserrat Alternates
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Montserrat Alternates free for commercial use?
Yes. Montserrat Alternates is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Montserrat Alternates?
FontKind doesn’t host Montserrat Alternates’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds 18 font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Montserrat Alternates in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Montserrat Alternates isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Montserrat Alternates Thin and Montserrat Alternates Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Montserrat Alternates in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Montserrat Alternates under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Montserrat Alternates in Figma?
Yes: Montserrat Alternates is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Montserrat Alternates have?
Montserrat Alternates comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic.
Who designed Montserrat Alternates?
Montserrat Alternates was designed by Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral and Jacques Le Bailly. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Julieta Ulanovsky also made Argentum Sans.
What fonts are similar to Montserrat Alternates?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Achieve (66), Chillax (65) and Raleway (60), out of 100. Next to Montserrat Alternates, Achieve is 11% wider, with an x-height 14% taller and less stroke contrast. Its own family, listed apart, adds Montserrat and Montserrat Underline. See all 100 fonts like Montserrat Alternates.