Commercial · Slab serif · Hoefler&Co
Vitesse
Vitesse is a licensed font from Hoefler&Co: $199, 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. Vitesse is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Jonathan Hoefler
- Released
- 2000
- Styles
- 12
- Classification
- Slab serif
- Price
- $199 (Vitesse package (12 styles). Prices read from typography.com’s product JSON (the same data the styles page renders); shown on the page as US dollar amounts.) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Slab serif built on a soft-cornered barrel shape rather than a circle or ellipse; first used in Esquire in 2000 and expanded for Wired in 2006. Six weights with italics.
Free alternatives to Vitesse
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Vitesse 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 Roboto Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto Slab.
commonly substituted
A slab with a similar low contrast and modern feel; rounder than Vitesse’s racetrack forms.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Zilla Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Zilla Slab.
same classification
A contemporary slab with italics and a similar range of weights.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Hepta Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Hepta Slab.
same classification
A slab serif with a wide weight range; its proportions are wider and its serifs heavier.
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