No. FF Dax is a commercial typeface from FontFont / Monotype. Commercial; licensed from Monotype. The fonts listed here are free, open-licensed alternatives you can download, self-host and use commercially.

What is the closest free alternative to FF Dax?

PT Sans Narrow scores 91% against FF Dax on our published formula — Same class: humanist. x-height 0.50 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.70 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast. It is licensed OFL-1.1, so it is free to self-host.

How are these alternatives ranked?

By a fixed, published score — 0.35 classification, 0.25 measured proportions (x-height, cap height, width, stroke contrast), 0.20 traits, 0.10 role, 0.05 language coverage, 0.05 variable support — after a family gate: specialist families (blackletter, script, glyphic, stencil, monospace) only list same-family fonts, and any cross-family match is capped at 0.2. No model or vote; the same inputs always give the same ranking. Hand-curated picks are labelled and listed first.

Free font alternatives

Free alternatives to FF Dax

FF Dax is a commercial humanist sans from FontFont / Monotype. Commercial; licensed from Monotype. Below are the 8 closest free, open-licensed families in the BrandSweets library, ranked by our published, deterministic score — classification, measured proportions, traits, role, language and variable support. Each one is shown in its own face and is free to self-host.

FF Dax is a trademark of its owner, named here only to identify the typeface. We do not host, embed or distribute it; “similar” means similar classification and proportions, nothing more.

#191% matchsansOFL-1.1 · ParaType
PT Sans Narrow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
96%
x-height 0.50 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.70 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
60%
Shares condensed, humanist, monoline (3 of 5 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View PT Sans Narrow specimen →Pairings →400 · 700
#291% matchsansOFL-1.1 · Carrois Apostrophe
Fira Sans Condensed
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
96%
x-height 0.53 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.69 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
60%
Shares condensed, humanist, monoline (3 of 5 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View Fira Sans Condensed specimen →Pairings →100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900
#389% matchsansOFL-1.1 · Yanone, Cyreal
Yanone Kaffeesatz
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
96%
x-height 0.50 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.70 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
50%
Shares condensed, humanist, monoline (3 of 6 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View Yanone Kaffeesatz specimen →Pairings →200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700
#488% matchsansOFL-1.1
Encode Sans Condensed
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
85%
x-height 0.54 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.74 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (close); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
60%
Shares condensed, humanist, monoline (3 of 5 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View Encode Sans Condensed specimen →Pairings →100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900
#588% matchsansOFL-1.1 · Adobe Systems Inc., Ben Nathan
Assistant
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
83%
x-height 0.50 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.75 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (noticeably different); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
60%
Shares condensed, humanist, monoline (3 of 5 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View Assistant specimen →Pairings →200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800
#686% matchsansOFL-1.1 · Carrois Apostrophe
Fira Sans
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
83%
x-height 0.53 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.69 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); normal width vs condensed for FF Dax; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
50%
Shares friendly, humanist, monoline (3 of 6 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View Fira Sans specimen →Pairings →100 · 200 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 · 900
#785% matchsansOFL-1.1 · Łukasz Dziedzic
Lato
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
80%
x-height 0.51 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.72 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); normal width vs condensed for FF Dax; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
50%
Shares friendly, humanist, monoline (3 of 6 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View Lato specimen →Pairings →100 · 300 · 400 · 700 · 900
#885% matchsansOFL-1.1 · Anja Meiners
ABeeZee
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Show score breakdownScore breakdown
Classification×0.35
100%
Same class: humanist.
Metrics×0.25
88%
x-height 0.52 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.70 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); normal width vs condensed for FF Dax; both low stroke contrast.
Traits×0.20
40%
Shares humanist, monoline (2 of 5 traits).
Role×0.10
100%
Both suit body, heading, ui.
Language×0.05
100%
Covers all of FF Dax's subsets (latin, latin-ext).
Variable×0.05
100%
Static instances, like FF Dax.
Family gate
Same family: sans.
View ABeeZee specimen →Pairings →400

mcpConnect your agent — find FF Dax alternatives live

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared fonts endpoint and your agent gets the same ranked list with every axis score — find_alternatives, list_commercial_fonts, list_fonts and suggest_fonts, read-only, no key.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/fonts/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-fonts https://mcp.brandsweets.com/fonts/mcp

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Use PT Sans Narrow instead

PT Sans Narrow is the top-ranked alternative to FF Dax (91%) and is free to self-host under OFL-1.1. Drop these @font-face rules into your CSS — the .woff2 files are served straight from BrandSweets.

css

@font-face {
  font-family: "PT Sans Narrow";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url("https://fonts.brandsweets.com/pt-sans-narrow/pt-sans-narrow-400.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "PT Sans Narrow";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url("https://fonts.brandsweets.com/pt-sans-narrow/pt-sans-narrow-700.woff2") format("woff2");
}

/* Usage */
.heading { font-family: "PT Sans Narrow", sans-serif; }

What we compare FF Dax on

Class: humanist
x-height: 0.52 ≈
Cap height: 0.70 ≈
Width · contrast: condensed · low
Traits: humanist, modern, friendly, condensed, monoline
Roles: heading, body, ui
Languages · variable: latin, latin-ext · no

≈ proportions are publicly documented approximations of the regular cut, not measured by us. Open-font metrics are measured from the files. Full formula and thresholds: methodology. Machine-readable: alternatives.md

Questions

Is FF Dax free?: No. FF Dax is a commercial typeface from FontFont / Monotype. Commercial; licensed from Monotype. The fonts listed here are free, open-licensed alternatives you can download, self-host and use commercially.
What is the closest free alternative to FF Dax?: PT Sans Narrow scores 91% against FF Dax on our published formula — Same class: humanist. x-height 0.50 vs 0.52 for FF Dax (near-identical); cap height 0.70 vs 0.70 for FF Dax (near-identical); both condensed width; both low stroke contrast. It is licensed OFL-1.1, so it is free to self-host.
How are these alternatives ranked?: By a fixed, published score — 0.35 classification, 0.25 measured proportions (x-height, cap height, width, stroke contrast), 0.20 traits, 0.10 role, 0.05 language coverage, 0.05 variable support — after a family gate: specialist families (blackletter, script, glyphic, stencil, monospace) only list same-family fonts, and any cross-family match is capped at 0.2. No model or vote; the same inputs always give the same ranking. Hand-curated picks are labelled and listed first.

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