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Fonts similar to Public Sans

The fonts most like Public Sans are Archivo (87 out of 100), Special Gothic (81) and Ranade (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 50–56% of the em (Public Sans’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 47–60% of the em wide (53%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.

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  1. 87match · #1

    Archivo

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    6% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Public Sans in l, 4, and J

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  2. 81match · #2

    Special Gothic

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    10% narrower

    Differs most from Public Sans in l, O, and Q

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  3. 80match · #3

    Ranade

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    13% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Public Sans in l, g, and i

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  4. 79match · #4

    Miranda Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Public Sans in g, Q, and J

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  5. 78match · #5

    Geist

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Public Sans in g, Q, and 0

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  6. 77match · #6

    Pontano Sans

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    9% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Public Sans in l, g, and f

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  7. 77match · #7

    BDO Grotesk

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    x-height 9% taller · 5% wider · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Public Sans in Q, l, and g

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  8. 77match · #8

    Chivo

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    more stroke contrast · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Public Sans in I, u, and l

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  9. 76match · #9

    Zalando Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Public Sans in g, l, and 1

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  10. 76match · #10

    Golos Text

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    3% wider

    Differs most from Public Sans in Q, g, and 1

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  11. 76match · #11

    Schibsted Grotesk

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Public Sans in I, Q, and J

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  12. 76match · #12

    Aileron

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    3% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Public Sans in g, 2, and J

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The 100 fonts like Public Sans, measured

Fonts like Public Sans lean most in width, where 46 of the 100 are narrower and 14 wider. What they keep most is Public Sans’s x-height: 59 are within 3% of it, Archivo the closest of them. They part from Public Sans most often in g (61 of the 100), l (50) and Q (34).

Questions about fonts like Public Sans

What is the closest font to Public Sans?

Archivo, at 87 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Public Sans, it is 6% narrower and 7% heavier. After it come Special Gothic (81) and Ranade (80).

Is there a free alternative to Public Sans?

Public Sans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Archivo, Special Gothic and Ranade come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Miranda Sans sets running text 1.0% narrower, with an x-height 0.6% taller.