Open licence · Sans serif
Alef
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Alef webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Alef.
Measured character
Measured from the outlines, not from a description. Each band is a third of the open catalogue: “tall x-height” means taller than two thirds of it, which is a fact about the measurement rather than an opinion.
Fonts similar to Alef, measured
Ranked by the same engine the app uses, on the ten features it measures, within the sans serif pool. The line under each names how it differs from Alef, in words, never a percentage.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Ubuntu webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Ubuntu.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Karla webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Karla.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Fira Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Fira Sans.
These are the first 3 of 992 ranked. The full list, and the same ranking against every font you own, is part of founding access.
What $39 buys →In the app
Search the whole open catalogue by name, category and measured character, preview every result in your own words, and save it to a Board. Open the app — the shelf, search and the first three results of any search are free.