Commercial · Sans serif · Linotype
Syntax
Syntax is a licensed font from Linotype: Complete family of 5 fonts: $197.99 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. Syntax is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Hans Eduard Meier
- Released
- 1968
- Styles
- 5
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- Complete family of 5 fonts: $197.99 USD (Individual Styles from $29.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Hans Eduard Meier's 1968 humanist sans for D. Stempel AG, built on old-face proportions with a slight rightward inclination; five styles.
Free alternatives to Syntax
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Syntax 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 Alegreya Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Alegreya Sans.
same classification
A humanist sans with a calligraphic feeling and dynamic rhythm; Syntax's old-face-based construction is the same idea.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cabin webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cabin.
same classification
Humanist sans inspired by Johnston and Gill; similar warmth and proportions.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Open Sans webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Open Sans.
commonly substituted
A neutral humanist sans; usable in Syntax's text role, without its slight forward lean.
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