Commercial · Sans serif · Linotype
Univers Next
Univers Next is a licensed font from Linotype: Complete family of 63 fonts: $539.90 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. Univers Next is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Adrian Frutiger, Linotype Design Studio
- Released
- 1997
- Styles
- 63
- Classification
- Sans serif
- Price
- Complete family of 63 fonts: $539.90 USD (Individual Styles from $53.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Linotype's complete redrawing of Univers, completed with Frutiger in 1997 and expanded from 27 to 63 styles including four monospaced typewriter weights, with more consistent proportions across the family.
Free alternatives to Univers Next
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Univers 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 Inter webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Inter.
commonly substituted
A neutral neo-grotesque with a systematic weight range; the common free stand-in, though it lacks Univers's width axis and has a larger x-height.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Roboto webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto.
commonly substituted
Neo-grotesque with open forms; similar even colour in text, but less rigidly systematic than Univers.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Archivo webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Archivo.
same classification
Grotesque family with a variable width axis, which echoes Univers's width system more than most free sans families.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Saira webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Saira.
same classification
A sans system with a wide range of weights and widths; rounder and more technical in feel, but it reproduces the width-family idea.
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