Commercial · Sans serif · Commercial Type
Action Condensed
Action Condensed is a licensed font from Commercial Type: $300, styles from $50, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 3 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Action Condensed is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Erik van Blokland
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- $300, styles from $50 (One-time fee for perpetual use) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
A screen-oriented condensed sans by Erik van Blokland, in four weights each with three grades on the same width so text can change weight on rollover without reflowing.
Free alternatives to Action Condensed
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Action Condensed is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Barlow Condensed webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Barlow Condensed.
same classification
A condensed grotesque with a wide weight range and a casual tone close to Action Condensed; no grade axis.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Roboto Condensed webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto Condensed.
same classification
A condensed sans built for screens like Action Condensed; more neutral.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Saira Condensed webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Saira Condensed.
same classification
A condensed sans with many weights; more geometric in construction.
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