Commercial · Sans serif · Linotype
Futura
Futura is a licensed font from Linotype: Complete family of 22 fonts: $438.99 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. Futura is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Paul Renner
- Released
- 1928
- Styles
- 22
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- Complete family of 22 fonts: $438.99 USD (Individual Styles from $42.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Paul Renner's geometric sans, first presented by the Bauer foundry in 1928 and built loosely on circle, triangle and square with long ascenders and descenders; this Linotype family has 22 styles.
Free alternatives to Futura
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Futura 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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