Commercial · Serif · Emigre
Matrix II
Matrix II is a licensed font from Emigre: $399.00, 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. Matrix II is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Zuzana Licko
- Released
- 1986
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- $399.00 (Matrix II Volume; Matrix II Package $170.00; individual fonts from $49.00) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Complete 2007 reworking of Licko’s 1986 Matrix for OpenType, keeping its wedge serifs and low-resolution roots; extended with italic, script, inline, tall and extra packages.
Free alternatives to Matrix II
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Matrix II 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 screen-first serif with crisp wedge-like details.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Rasa webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rasa.
same classification
A contemporary text serif with sharp serifs.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Instrument Serif webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Instrument Serif.
same classification
A sharp display serif with a distinctive italic.
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