Commercial · Sans serif · Klim Type Foundry
National 2
National 2 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. National 2 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
- 2017
- Styles
- 16
- 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 complete redraw of Klim's National sans, with details drawn from the Akzidenz-Grotesk era and a humble, workmanlike character. Adds Narrow, Condensed and Compressed widths; 16 styles in the standard width.
Free alternatives to National 2
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. National 2 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 Work Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Work Sans.
same classification
A grotesque drawn from early grotesk models with a wide weight range, like National 2; its forms are more idiosyncratic.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Archivo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Archivo.
same classification
A grotesque family with multiple widths, matching National 2's width system; Archivo is narrower and more condensed in feel.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Libre Franklin webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Libre Franklin.
same classification
A grotesque of the same era and temperament; the Franklin model is heavier in the bowls than National 2.
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