Commercial · Sans serif · Klim Type Foundry
Calibre
Calibre is a licensed font from Klim Type Foundry: $60 USD, 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. Calibre is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Kris Sowersby
- Released
- 2011
- Styles
- 14
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- $60 USD (base price for the first font style; each subsequent style is discounted (from the Klim FAQs page)) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
A neo-grotesque sans inspired by lettering on West Berlin street signs and the rationality of Nebiolo's Recta. Designed alongside Metric, sharing its geometry with different finishes. 14 styles.
Free alternatives to Calibre
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Calibre 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 Inter webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Inter.
commonly substituted
A neo-grotesque with clean, rational forms often used where Calibre would be; Inter is wider and has a larger x-height.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Public Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Public Sans.
same classification
A neutral neo-grotesque with a similar range of weights; more Franklin-flavoured than Calibre's signage-derived shapes.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Hanken Grotesk webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Hanken Grotesk.
same classification
A crisp grotesque in many weights with a similarly understated tone; slightly more geometric.
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