The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Aeonik vs Plus Jakarta Sans
Two contemporary sans-serifs that sit between geometric and grotesque. Aeonik, from CoType Foundry, is a neo-grotesque built on a geometric skeleton, crisp and precise. Plus Jakarta Sans, from Tokotype, starts from geometric models like Futura and Neuzeit Grotesk and keeps a warmer, near-monoline feel.
Aeonik is a commercial font, so it is shown here in DM Sans, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Aeonik →
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- Aeonik ends its strokes in stiff, right-angled terminals, clearest on a, t, f and j, which play against the round c, e and o.
- Plus Jakarta Sans takes its cues from Neuzeit Grotesk, Futura and 1930s grotesques, with near-monoline strokes and pointed curves.
- Plus Jakarta Sans has a slightly taller x-height and open counters, so it stays readable from small UI text up to display sizes.
- Aeonik is a commercial family of eight weights from Air to Black, with Soft, Condensed, Extended and Mono companions, all licensed through CoType Foundry, so license cost is a factor.
- Plus Jakarta Sans is free under the SIL Open Font License, served by Google Fonts, and ships as a variable font from ExtraLight to ExtraBold with italics.
Aeonik
Reach for Aeonik when you want a sharp, engineered tech-brand voice with a large family of widths and companions, and the licence fits your budget.
Plus Jakarta Sans
Reach for Plus Jakarta Sans for a friendly, modern geometric look across product UI, marketing sites and headings at no licence cost.