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Fonts similar to Myriad Pro

4 free Google Fonts that share Myriad Pro’s structure, compared side by side. Type your own text to test them.

Humanist sansRobert Slimbach & Carol Twombly, Adobe, 1992

About Myriad Pro

Adobe’s humanist sans, Apple’s corporate font for a decade, and a default in Adobe apps.

How to spot it

  • Slightly condensed humanist forms
  • Flared, angled stroke ends
  • Open e with an angled terminal
  • Narrow, elegant italic

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Free alternatives to Myriad Pro

Choosing between them

Start with PT Sans if you need the most faithful substitute. Humanist with similar width and warmth. If you want the same feeling with a little more personality, try Catamaran. For body text, check the specimen at 16–18px: some display-leaning alternatives look closest in headlines but tire the eye in paragraphs.

Pairing one of these with a contrasting serif or sans? Open it in the font pairing generator.

Questions people ask

What is the closest free font to Myriad Pro?

PT Sans is the closest free alternative in our list: humanist with similar width and warmth. Other good options are Source Sans 3 and Fira Sans.

What kind of font is Myriad Pro?

Myriad Pro is a humanist sans. Proportions from handwriting: open apertures, slight stroke contrast, angled terminals, a true italic.

How can I tell Myriad Pro apart from lookalikes?

Check these details: slightly condensed humanist forms; flared, angled stroke ends; open e with an angled terminal; narrow, elegant italic.

Are these Myriad Pro alternatives free for commercial use?

Yes. All alternatives listed are Google Fonts released under open licences (SIL Open Font License or Apache 2.0) that allow commercial use.

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