The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Free font
Satoshi
A free alternative to Apercu.
About Satoshi
Satoshi is Deni Anggara's 2020 sans, distributed free through Fontshare, blending grotesque structure with geometric precision across ten weights with italics. It is polished rather than plain: slightly closed counters, rounded touches, and alternate 'G' and 't' forms that give it a quirky-but-clean personality at brand sizes.
Those alternates echo Apercu directly, and Satoshi works as a UI and brand substitute for it — a touch wider, with more closed counters. It carries Circular's simple, confident neutrality with a little more character, and its tension between warmth and cleanliness makes it one of the closest tonal matches for Gilroy in branding, editorial, and poster work. The minimal modernist register also covers Cera Pro, and the full weight and italic range delivers Sofia Pro's polish free for commercial use.
- Designer
- Deni Anggara
- Released
- 2020
- Available at
- Fontshare →
- Featured on
- 5 paid font pages
Satoshi head to head
Satoshi is also a free alternative to…
- Apercu → A polished modern grotesque with the same quirky-but-clean personality, including alternate 'G' and 't' forms that echo Apercu's character. A touch wider with more closed counters, but an excellent free UI and brand substitute.
- Cera Pro → A contemporary sans that blends clean grotesque letterforms with geometric detailing — the exact modernist, minimal character Cera Pro trades on. Free for commercial use with a full range of weights and italics.
- Circular → A geometric-grotesque hybrid with the slightly closed counters and simple, confident vibe of Circular, free for commercial use via Fontshare. A clean, contemporary choice for brand systems seeking Circular's neutrality with a little more character.
- Gilroy → Blends grotesque structure with geometric precision, echoing Gilroy's tension between warmth and cleanliness. Ships in ten weights with italics — one of the closest tonal matches for Gilroy in branding, editorial, and poster work.
- Sofia Pro → A free Fontshare sans that blends grotesque letterforms with geometric precision and rounded touches, offering Sofia Pro's clean, modern polish across a full range of weights and italics.
Display + body that work together
Quiet type that does the work
Body type does the heavy lifting. Get it right and the reader never thinks about it; get it wrong and they feel it before they can name what is off.
Modern · Editorial Satoshi + Crimson Pro
The shape of a working week
A pairing is a relationship: one voice speaks first, the other answers, and the contrast between them sets the tone for the whole page.