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Fonts similar to Work Sans

The fonts most like Work Sans are NT Somic (80 out of 100), Nata Sans (79) and Fustat (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–53% of the em (Work Sans’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 48–54% of the em wide (55%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (ten of twelve).

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  1. 80match · #1

    NT Somic

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    5% narrower

    Differs most from Work Sans in l, 0, and 7

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  2. 79match · #2

    Nata Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Work Sans in J, r, and g

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  3. 79match · #3

    Fustat

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    8% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Work Sans in l, 7, and Q

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  4. 78match · #4

    Fixel

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    5% narrower · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Work Sans in l, t, and 7

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  5. 77match · #5

    Sarabun

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    12% narrower · 10% heavier · more stroke contrast

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

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  6. 75match · #6

    Giphurs

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    6% narrower · 11% heavier

    Differs most from Work Sans in 4, I, and t

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  7. 75match · #7

    Moderustic

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    9% heavier

    Differs most from Work Sans in a, o, and g

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  8. 75match · #8

    Figtree

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    7% narrower

    Differs most from Work Sans in l, 0, and g

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  9. 74match · #9

    Schibsted Grotesk

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    x-height 5% taller · 4% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Work Sans in J, I, and f

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  10. 74match · #10

    Cabinet Grotesk

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    13% narrower · 10% lighter · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Work Sans in l, r, and f

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  11. 74match · #11

    Overused Grotesk

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    11% narrower · 14% heavier

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

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  12. 74match · #12

    Albert Sans

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    6% narrower

    Differs most from Work Sans in 9, l, and 6

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The 100 fonts like Work Sans, measured

Work Sans is wider than most fonts like it: 74 of the 100 are narrower and 1 wider. What they keep most is Work Sans’s x-height: 55 are within 3% of it, NT Somic the closest of them. They part from Work Sans most often in l (61 of the 100), g (47) and t (39).

Questions about fonts like Work Sans

What is the closest font to Work Sans?

NT Somic, at 80 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Work Sans, it is 5% narrower. After it come Nata Sans (79) and Fustat (79).

Is there a free alternative to Work Sans?

Work 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 NT Somic, Nata Sans and Fustat come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Urlaub Grotesk sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 2.0% taller.