The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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Thicker
Zetafonts released Thicker in 2020, designed by Francesco Canovaro with Andrea Tartarelli. The Florence foundry calls it a geometric sans on steroids: the family was drawn first in a muscular Extrablack weight borrowed from sports communication, then extended into lighter weights whose slightly squared curves nod to Aldo Novarese's Eurostile and its retro-futurist proportions. It runs to 44 static fonts plus two variable fonts, with three italic forms at different slants and a character set covering Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. These free typefaces work the same squared geometric register without the license fee.
The closest font to ThickerThe 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
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 Saira + 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.
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Common questions about Thicker alternatives
- Is Thicker free?
- No — Thicker is a commercial typeface from Zetafonts. Thicker is a commercial family sold by Zetafonts and its resellers; a trial version is offered free for personal, non-commercial use only. The closest free alternative is Saira, available on Google Fonts.
- What font is similar to Thicker?
- Saira is the closest free match. A squared-off geometric sans with the same slightly boxy curves Thicker borrows from Eurostile, running from Thin to Black with italics in a variable font. It is narrower in its default width and its heaviest weight is less extreme than Thicker's Extrablack, but the technical, sporty register is the same.
- Can I use Saira in commercial projects?
- Yes — Saira 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.