The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Sweet Sans
Sweet released Sweet Sans in 2011, designed by Mark van Bronkhorst, the founder of MVB Fonts in the San Francisco Bay Area. It revives a lettering style rather than a typeface: the engraver's sans that stationers have used since about 1900, when pantographs copied letters from brass masterplates onto copper and steel dies. The result is a plain, wide-set sans with open, simple forms that stay legible at tiny sizes, running from Hairline to Heavy with small caps, true italics and several figure sets. These free typefaces work the same restrained, geometric register without the license fee.
The closest font to Sweet SansThe 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
Letters that hold their nerve
The display sets the register; the body follows through. When both halves of a pair pull in the same direction, the design disappears and the words come forward.
Modern · Editorial Josefin Sans + Source Serif 4
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.
Editorial · Modern DM Serif Display + Josefin Sans
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Common questions about Sweet Sans alternatives
- Is Sweet Sans free?
- No — Sweet Sans is a commercial typeface from Sweet. Sweet Sans is a commercial typeface sold by Sweet through MyFonts, and Sweet Sans Pro is also available with an Adobe Fonts (Creative Cloud) subscription. The closest free alternative is Josefin Sans, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to Sweet Sans?
- Josefin Sans is the closest free match. A geometric sans drawn to evoke 1920s vintage lettering, with a small x-height, open round forms and a light-to-bold range. Its elegant, slightly old-fashioned plainness is the closest free match for Sweet Sans's engraved stationery feel, though its proportions are more condensed and its geometry more rigid.
- Can I use Josefin Sans in commercial projects?
- Yes — Josefin Sans 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.