Commercial · Sans serif · DJR
Forma DJR
Forma DJR is a licensed font from DJR: $350, 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. Forma DJR is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- David Jonathan Ross
- Styles
- 266
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- $350 (Forma DJR Series, 266 styles plus 2 variable fonts, mini license) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
Revival of Nebiolo’s 1968 Forma, the Italian answer to Helvetica led by Aldo Novarese, begun in 2013 for Roger Black’s Hong Kong Tatler redesign; optical sizes, widths and a single-storey a.
Free alternatives to Forma DJR
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Forma DJR 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.
same classification
A neo-grotesque with a comparable neutrality; more mechanical than Forma’s warmth.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Roboto webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto.
commonly substituted
Neo-grotesque widely used where a Helvetica-like sans is needed.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Archivo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Archivo.
same classification
Grotesque with multiple widths matching part of Forma DJR’s range.
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