Commercial · Serif · Linotype
Sabon Next
Sabon Next is a licensed font from Linotype: Complete family of 12 fonts: $576.99 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. Sabon Next is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Jean François Porchez, Jan Tschichold
- Styles
- 12
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Complete family of 12 fonts: $576.99 USD (Individual Styles from $57.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Jean François Porchez's revival of Sabon for Linotype, working from the less constrained Stempel hand-composition version and its Garamond source; 12 styles.
Free alternatives to Sabon Next
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Sabon Next 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 EB Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not EB Garamond.
same classification
Sabon was drawn from Garamond types on the Berner specimen sheet, and EB Garamond revives the same 1592 specimen; a close relative, though EB Garamond is lighter in colour.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Crimson Text webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Crimson Text.
same classification
A Garamond-inspired book face with small caps and old-style figures, similar in role to Sabon for long text.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Crimson Pro webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Crimson Pro.
same classification
A contemporary Garalde in many weights; comparable text colour, less historical in detail.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cormorant Garamond webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cormorant Garamond.
derived
An open Garamond-style family; more delicate and display-oriented than Sabon's sturdy text cut.
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