The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Futura 100
TypeTogether released Futura®100 in 2025 in partnership with Bauer Types, marking a century of Paul Renner's geometric sans-serif. Type design is by Yorlmar Campos and Tom Grace, with Veronika Burian and José Scaglione credited for the concept. It sits deliberately between two jobs: an archival revival, its letterforms revised after research to match Renner's intent more closely, and a working global system with a new Regular weight, optical Text sizes, variable fonts and twelve scripts in its first phase, 23 planned by the end of 2026. These free typefaces work the same geometric register without the license fee.
The closest font to Futura 100The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Display + body that work together
Pages that earn the read
Two thousand years of letterforms boil down to a handful of decisions — width, weight, proportion. Pick a pair you trust, and let the rest take care of itself.
Modern · Editorial Jost + EB Garamond
Letters that hold their nerve
Crisp, even strokes give the display its punch. Quiet serifs underneath stay readable across thousands of words — used together by editors at the kind of paper that still prints corrections.
Editorial · Modern DM Serif Display + Jost
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Common questions about Futura 100 alternatives
- Is Futura 100 free?
- No — Futura 100 is a commercial typeface from TypeTogether with Bauer Types. Futura®100 is a commercial font licensed from TypeTogether, with variable styles priced from €176; a free trial download is available, but production use needs a paid license. The closest free alternative is Jost, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to Futura 100?
- Jost is the closest free match. Drawn directly as a Futura-inspired geometric sans, with the same round o, pointed apex A and M, and single-storey a. It is the closest free match to Renner's skeleton and is variable from thin to black, but it offers no optical text sizes and covers far fewer scripts.
- Can I use Jost in commercial projects?
- Yes — Jost is published under a free license on Google Fonts and can be used in commercial work. Confirm the license text at the source before shipping.