The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Best free alternatives to
Futura Now
Monotype released Futura Now in October 2020, with Steve Matteson leading a team that included Terrance Weinzierl and Juan Villanueva. It is pitched as the definitive version of Paul Renner's geometric sans: 102 styles with realigned names and weights, and the first Futura ever offered as a variable font. Matteson describes the goal as balancing clean geometry with a warmer, humanist feel, so the circles, triangles and tall ascenders stay but the family works in text as well as headlines. Single weights cost $49 and the full family $699. These free typefaces work the same geometric register without the license fee.
The closest font to Futura NowThe 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 Now alternatives
- Is Futura Now free?
- No — Futura Now is a commercial typeface from Monotype. Commercial; sold per weight or as a full family through Monotype and MyFonts, with desktop, web and brand licenses. The closest free alternative is Jost, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to Futura Now?
- Jost is the closest free match. A free geometric sans drawn directly from Paul Renner's 1920s model, the same source Futura Now revisits. Circular bowls, pointed apexes and tall ascenders all match, and it ships as a variable font. It is a touch narrower and more mechanical than Futura Now's softened, humanist-leaning curves.
- 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.