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Netflix Sans vs Peristyle
Two commercial sans-serifs built for very different jobs. Netflix Sans is a proprietary geometric grotesque that Netflix's in-house team drew with Dalton Maag in 2018 to replace Gotham across its brand and product, while Peristyle is Hoefler&Co.'s condensed, high-contrast display sans from 2017, a nod to skyscraper-era faces like Corvinus, Empire, and Radiant.
Netflix Sans is a commercial font, so it is shown here in Montserrat, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Netflix Sans → Peristyle is a commercial font, so it is shown here in Ostrich Sans, its closest free alternative. All free alternatives to Peristyle →
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- Netflix Sans is a low-contrast, neutral grotesque with a compact, efficient lowercase and a signature arched cut on the t, tuned to read at interface sizes.
- Peristyle is tall, narrow, and high-contrast, with ball terminals on y and r and sharp wedges on k and g, which makes it a headline face rather than a text face.
- Netflix Sans ships in six weights from Thin to Black; Peristyle ships in six weights from Light to Black plus a two-layer Stencil for chromatic effects.
- Both cost money in different ways: Peristyle is licensed per desktop, web, or app from Hoefler&Co., whereas Netflix Sans is not licensed to the public at all, so any file you find online is a misnamed clone or an unauthorized copy.
Netflix Sans
Reach for Netflix Sans only if you work on Netflix's brand or product, since nobody else can legally use it; otherwise look at its free lookalikes for streaming-style UI and clean marketing sans.
Peristyle
Reach for Peristyle when you need elegant, condensed headlines, posters, or editorial display type with real presence, and the Hoefler&Co. licence fee fits the budget.