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Open licence · Serif

Gloock

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Gloock webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Gloock.

Gloockthe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

low x-heightnormal widthhigh contrast

Measured from the outlines, not from a description. Each band is a third of the open catalogue: “tall x-height” means taller than two thirds of it, which is a fact about the measurement rather than an opinion.

Fonts similar to Gloock, measured

Ranked by the same engine the app uses, on the ten features it measures, within the serif pool. The line under each names how it differs from Gloock, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Stardos Stencil webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Stardos Stencil.

Stardos Stencillower contrast · narrower bowls · slightly lighter

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Rubik Broken Fax webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rubik Broken Fax.

Rubik Broken Faxlighter · wider · slightly lower contrast

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Wallpoet webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Wallpoet.

Wallpoetlower contrast · wider · rounder bowls

These are the first 3 of 746 ranked. The full list, and the same ranking against every font you own, is part of founding access.

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Gloock as a free alternative to

Gloock is suggested on one licensed family’s profile. The basis is named on each: metric-compatible means the advance widths match, so a swap keeps the line breaks; derived means it was drawn from the same source; the rest are judgement, labelled as such.

In the app

Search the whole open catalogue by name, category and measured character, preview every result in your own words, and save it to a Board. Open the app — the shelf, search and the first three results of any search are free.