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Gilroy Font

A friendly geometric sans with 20 styles

Radomir Tinkov · Geometric sans serif · 2016 · ! Free for personal use (2 weights)

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Gilroy font poster: navy Gilroy headline on a lavender to peach gradient with 3D shapesGilroy style type on a phone banking app screen and a Nova Studio business cardGilroy style character set: uppercase and lowercase alphabet, numbers and symbols

Illustrations of the Gilroy style made for DaFontFonts. Letterforms are approximate; check the official specimen before you buy.

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License:
Free for personal use (2 weights)
Font Type:
Free for personal use
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About Gilroy

Gilroy is a geometric sans serif by Bulgarian designer Radomir Tinkov. It comes in 10 weights from Thin to Heavy, each with a matching italic, and supports Cyrillic alongside Latin. Tinkov released two of those weights, Light and ExtraBold, for free personal use, which is how most people first meet the font.

The shapes are built on circles and straight lines but softened just enough to feel approachable: round bowls, a single-storey g, open counters and a moderate x-height. That balance made Gilroy a favourite for app interfaces, startup branding and presentation decks, where it looks modern without feeling cold. The heavy weights work as display type, while Regular and Medium hold up well in short UI text.

Where Gilroy works best

  • App and web interfaces
  • Startup and tech branding
  • Presentations and pitch decks
  • Packaging and social graphics

Free alternatives to Gilroy

Open-licence fonts with a comparable feel, every one verified free for commercial use and downloadable from DaFontFonts.

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Outfit Sans Serif · 9 styles · variable ✓ OFL

Outfit is the closest free match in spirit: clean geometric shapes, a single-storey feel in the heavy weights and a full range from Thin to Black, free for commercial use.

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Plus Jakarta Sans Sans Serif · 14 styles · variable ✓ OFL

Plus Jakarta Sans has Gilroy's modern, slightly softened geometry and reads very well in interfaces. A safe pick for app and SaaS branding.

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Urbanist Sans Serif · 18 styles · variable ✓ OFL

Urbanist is built on simple geometric forms like Gilroy and offers nine weights with italics, so you can copy a Gilroy type system almost one to one.

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Manrope Sans Serif · 7 styles · variable ✓ OFL

Manrope blends geometric and grotesque shapes, giving the same friendly tech feel. Its variable weight axis makes it easy to fine-tune.

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Poppins Sans Serif · 18 styles ✓ OFL

Poppins is rounder and a little wider than Gilroy, but it delivers the same friendly geometric tone and has huge language support.

Gilroy is a trademark of its owner. DaFontFonts does not host or distribute the Gilroy font files; download and licence links go to the official source.

Questions

Is Gilroy free?

Partly. Gilroy Light and Gilroy ExtraBold are free for personal use. The other 18 styles, and any commercial use, require a paid license from the designer.

Can I use Gilroy for commercial use?

Only with a paid license. The free Light and ExtraBold weights are limited to personal projects. For a free option you can use commercially, Outfit and Plus Jakarta Sans are the closest matches.

Who designed Gilroy?

Gilroy was designed by Radomir Tinkov, who also sells the full family through font marketplaces such as MyFonts.

What is the closest free font to Gilroy?

Outfit is the closest free alternative, followed by Plus Jakarta Sans and Urbanist. All three are open source and safe for commercial work.

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