Commercial · Sans serif · FontFont
FF Meta
FF Meta is a licensed font from FontFont: Complete family of 28 fonts: $328.99 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 4 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. FF Meta is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Erik Spiekermann
- Released
- 1991
- Styles
- 28
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- Complete family of 28 fonts: $328.99 USD (Individual Styles from $97.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Erik Spiekermann's humanist sans, developed between 1991 and 2010; 28 styles from Hairline to Black in Normal and Condensed widths with italics, small caps and several figure sets.
Free alternatives to FF Meta
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. FF Meta 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 Fira Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Fira Sans.
same classification
A humanist sans designed for screens by Carrois of Berlin, with three widths and italics; similar warmth and narrow set to FF Meta, though its terminals are less angled.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Source Sans 3 webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Source Sans 3.
same classification
Humanist sans for user interfaces; comparable economy and openness, but plainer and more neutral than Meta.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The PT Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not PT Sans.
same classification
Humanist sans with open forms; a similar workhorse role, with squarer bowls.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Open Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Open Sans.
commonly substituted
Widely available humanist sans; a neutral stand-in that lacks Meta's distinctive angled stems and terminals.
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