Commercial · Slab serif · Hoefler&Co
Archer
Archer is a licensed font from Hoefler&Co: $149, 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. Archer is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Jonathan Hoefler
- Released
- 2001
- Styles
- 55
- Classification
- Slab serif
- Price
- $149 (Archer 2 Basic package; Archer Complete, all 55 styles in Pro editions, $499. Prices read from typography.com’s product JSON (the same data the styles page renders); shown on the page as US dollar amounts.) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Geometric slab serif drawn for Martha Stewart Living in 2001, with ball terminals on capitals such as C and S. Available in Basic and Pro editions.
Free alternatives to Archer
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Archer 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 Zilla Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Zilla Slab.
commonly substituted
A friendly slab with italics and a similar warmth; lacks Archer’s ball terminals and hairline weights.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Roboto Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto Slab.
same classification
A geometric-leaning slab in many weights; no italics.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Arvo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Arvo.
same classification
A geometric slab serif in four styles with a similar typewriter-adjacent feel.
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