Commercial · Sans serif · ParaType
Futura PT
Futura PT is a licensed font from ParaType: Complete family of 28 fonts: $399.00 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. Futura PT is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Vladimir Yefimov, Paul Renner, Isabella Chaeva
- Styles
- 28
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- Complete family of 28 fonts: $399.00 USD (Individual Styles from $39.00 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
ParaType's Futura with Cyrillic, credited to Vladimir Yefimov, Isabella Chaeva and Paul Renner; 28 styles including condensed and demi weights, sold on MyFonts under the name Futura PT.
Free alternatives to Futura PT
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Futura PT 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 Jost webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Jost.
commonly substituted
Its page says it is inspired by 1920s German sans-serifs, the tradition Futura defines; the closest free match to Futura's pointed apexes and circular bowls.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Josefin Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Josefin Sans.
same classification
Inspired by 1920s geometric sans designs, with a deliberately low x-height; stronger vintage flavour than Futura and meant for larger sizes.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The League Spartan webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not League Spartan.
same classification
An interpretation of Spartan, itself based on early twentieth-century American geometric sans faces; heavier and closer-fitting than Futura.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Poppins webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Poppins.
commonly substituted
A geometric sans in wide use; rounder, larger on the body and more constructed than Futura, so it reads as friendlier and less austere.
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