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Free font
Instrument Sans
A free alternative to Atlas Grotesk.
About Instrument Sans
Instrument Sans is a contemporary neo-grotesque by Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Jordan Egstad, released in 2022 with a variable width axis and a few deliberate quirks in otherwise crisp forms. Its warmth sits between the friendlier brand grotesques and the cooler, more mechanical ones, and the width axis lets a single family cover both tight display lockups and wider settings.
That brand-grade polish is what makes it a workable Atlas Grotesk substitute — the same design-studio composure that draws brands to Atlas, with a slightly warmer temperament. The fintech-adjacent tone gets close to Coinbase Sans in display settings, and its curves are a touch friendlier than SF Pro's, which makes it useful for marketing pages that should feel Apple-adjacent without cloning the system font outright.
- Designer
- Rodrigo Fuenzalida & Jordan Egstad
- Available at
- Google Fonts →
- Featured on
- 3 paid font pages
Instrument Sans is also a free alternative to…
- Atlas Grotesk → A contemporary brand-grade grotesque with subtle quirks and a variable width axis. It captures the design-studio polish that draws brands to Atlas, and its warmth sits between Atlas and cooler neo-grotesques.
- Coinbase Sans → A contemporary neo-grotesque with a variable width axis and a crisp, fintech-friendly tone, close to Coinbase Sans in display settings.
- SF Pro → A neo-grotesque with a width axis and crisp, product-design polish; its curves are a touch friendlier than SF's. Excellent for marketing pages that need to feel Apple-adjacent without cloning it.
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