Commercial · Sans serif · Klim Type Foundry
Metric
Metric is a licensed font from Klim Type Foundry: $60 USD, 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. Metric is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Kris Sowersby
- Released
- 2011
- Styles
- 14
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- $60 USD (base price for the first font style; each subsequent style is discounted (from the Klim FAQs page)) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
- Trial
- The foundry offers a trial download.
A geometric humanist sans inspired by lettering on West Berlin street signs, with monoline construction tempered by optical correction. Designed alongside Calibre; 14 styles.
Free alternatives to Metric
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Metric 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 Rubik webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rubik.
same classification
A geometric-humanist sans with rounded, monoline construction; its corners are softer than Metric's.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Manrope webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Manrope.
same classification
A geometric sans with humanist proportions and a similar range of weights; more compact than Metric.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The DM Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not DM Sans.
commonly substituted
A low-contrast geometric sans commonly used where a Metric-like tone is wanted; smaller apertures.
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