Commercial · Serif · DJR
Gimlet
Gimlet 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. Gimlet 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
- 112
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $350 (Gimlet Series, 112 styles plus 1 variable font, mini license; Starter Pack (8 styles) $150) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
Reimagining of Georg Trump’s 1938 Schadow as a contemporary workhorse, with three optical sizes and closely graded widths for responsive layouts; 112 styles.
Free alternatives to Gimlet
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Gimlet 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 Bitter webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Bitter.
same classification
A slab-influenced text serif with italics.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Zilla Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Zilla Slab.
same classification
A contemporary slab with quirks of its own and a full weight range.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Besley webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Besley.
same classification
A Clarendon-style serif family with a similar sturdy texture.
Own Gimlet? Point the app at the file and this list becomes measured: every open family ranked by how close it actually is, with the difference named. The file never leaves your machine.
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