Commercial · Sans serif · Klim Type Foundry
Söhne
Söhne 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. Söhne 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
- 2019
- 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 grotesque sans that Klim describes as the memory of Akzidenz-Grotesk seen through Helvetica, referencing the Standard Medium of the NYC Subway signage. 16 styles from Extraleicht to Extrafett with italics.
Free alternatives to Söhne
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Söhne 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 Inter webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Inter.
commonly substituted
The usual free stand-in for Söhne in interface work: a neo-grotesque of similar weight range and tight, even texture, though Inter is more geometric and lacks Söhne's period warmth.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Work Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Work Sans.
same classification
A grotesque with early-grotesk roots and a wide weight range like Söhne; its shapes are looser and its spacing more open.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Archivo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Archivo.
same classification
A grotesque family with a comparable range of weights and a workmanlike tone; narrower proportions than Söhne.
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