Commercial · Slab serif · Linotype
Glypha
Glypha is a licensed font from Linotype: Complete family of 10 fonts: $397.99 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. Glypha is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Adrian Frutiger
- Released
- 1977
- Styles
- 10
- Classification
- Slab serif
- Price
- Complete family of 10 fonts: $397.99 USD (Individual Styles from $29.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Adrian Frutiger's 1977 slab for D. Stempel AG, based on Serifa with a slightly larger lowercase; ten cuts.
Free alternatives to Glypha
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Glypha 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 Arvo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Arvo.
same classification
A geometric slab serif; matches Serifa's monoline, Univers-derived construction and blunt serifs.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Roboto Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto Slab.
commonly substituted
A slab built on a sans skeleton, as Serifa is built on Univers; less rigid.
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 true italics; smoother than Serifa.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Rokkitt webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rokkitt.
same classification
Geometric slab in many weights.
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