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GT Sectra

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GT Sectra is a licensed font from Grilli Type: no price is printed on the pages read for it. 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. GT Sectra is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.

Designer
Dominik Huber, Marc Kappeler (Moiré), Noël Leu (Grilli Type)
Released
2013
Styles
30
Classification
Serif
Price
Not read from the foundry’s page on 2026-09-04; see the page.
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A contemporary serif combining broad-nib calligraphy with the sharpness of a scalpel, originally designed for the magazine Reportagen; GT Sectra, Fine and Display subfamilies total 30 styles.

Free alternatives to GT Sectra

Suggested, not measured

Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. GT Sectra 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 Spectral webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Spectral.

same classification

A contemporary text serif with sharp, angular details close to GT Sectra's cut feel; lighter and more screen-oriented.

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

same classification

An editorial serif with optical sizes matching GT Sectra's text-to-display range; softer in its details.

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

same classification

An expressive display serif with optical sizes; rounder than GT Sectra's angular strokes.

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