The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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GT America
Grilli Type released GT America in 2016, designed by Noël Leu with additional work by Seb McLauchlan. It sits deliberately between two traditions — the 19th-century American Gothics (Franklin Gothic, News Gothic) and the Swiss neo-grotesques (Helvetica, Akzidenz-Grotesk) — and ships as a large family spanning five widths and seven weights plus a monospace. It became a default branding and editorial workhorse through the late 2010s. These free typefaces work the same grotesque register without the license fee.
The closest font to GT AmericaThe 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
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 Libre Franklin + Source Serif 4
Quiet type that does the work
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 Playfair Display + Libre Franklin
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Common questions about GT America alternatives
- Is GT America free?
- No — GT America is a commercial typeface from Grilli Type. It is licensed per style or per family. The closest free alternative is Libre Franklin, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to GT America?
- Libre Franklin is the closest free match. A revival rooted in Morris Fuller Benton's Franklin Gothic — the American Gothic side of GT America's ancestry, made directly. Closest structural match for the warmer, slightly narrow grotesque forms; reach for it when you want the American rather than the Swiss half.
- Can I use Libre Franklin in commercial projects?
- Yes — Libre Franklin 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.