Microgramma Font Free Download

There is no official Microgramma font free download. Microgramma is a commercial typeface that Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese drew for the Italian foundry Nebiolo in 1952, and the digital versions are sold by URW Type Foundry and Linotype. Neither offers a free, demo or personal-use version. As of October 2026, URW’s Microgramma costs $35 per style on MyFonts, or $51.99 for Medium Extended and Bold Extended together. The one legal route that doesn’t involve buying it separately is Adobe Fonts, which includes URW’s Microgramma in paid Creative Cloud plans.

Microgramma font free download: is there a legal free version?

No. URW’s Microgramma page on MyFonts and Linotype’s Microgramma page sell licences only, with no trial files. Both pages state that Microgramma is a trademark of Monotype GmbH.

If you already pay for Creative Cloud, check Microgramma on Adobe Fonts first. Adobe lists URW’s three styles for desktop and web use, but marks them as part of its full library rather than the free tier. Adobe’s subscription requirements page says the complete library comes with paid Creative Cloud plans, including single-app plans, while free accounts get a smaller basic library.

Get Microgramma (MyFonts) Commercial font, from $35 per style as of October 2026

Sites offering a free Microgramma download are sharing unlicensed copies, which give you no right to use the font.

Microgramma font at a glance

• Designers: Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese
• Original foundry: Nebiolo, Turin, 1952
• Original design: capitals and figures only, in five upright metal styles
• Digital versions: URW Microgramma (3 styles, sold as “Microgramma D Extended”) and Linotype Microgramma Pro (2 styles). Both add a lowercase.
• Price: URW from $35 per style, 2-font pack $51.99; Linotype from $40.99 per style, 2-font pack $88.99 (MyFonts, October 2026)
• Successor: Eurostile (1962)
• Free alternatives: Michroma, Goldman, Audiowide

Microgramma vs Eurostile: what’s actually different

Most people meet Microgramma through its successor, which we cover in our Eurostile font guide. This page sticks to what is specific to Microgramma.

URW’s MyFonts page says Butti and Novarese designed Microgramma “as an improvement on the squared-off Bank Gothic capitals”, and that “the design was revisited by the same designers ten years later; Eurostile was the result.” Fonts In Use, citing Reichardt (2011), lists the five metal styles: Microgramma, nera (bold), larga (extended), nera larga (bold extended) and stretta (condensed).

The name is a clue. In a comparison of Nebiolo specimens held at Letterform Archive, Stephen Coles notes that Microgramma came in sizes from 6pt to 36pt and “was primarily intended for very small uses, thus the name.” He points to flat crotches in A, M and 1, which helped the letters stay clear at tiny sizes, and says Eurostile’s capitals are “nearly identical to Microgramma except for conventionally sharp counters.”

A Fonts In Use discussion of the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade titles adds detail. Commenters point to boxier inner joints and steeper diagonals in Microgramma’s A, M, N, V, W, 1 and 4, and note that “all caps” is no longer a reliable test, since digital Microgramma has a lowercase.

Typeset in the Future says the interface type in 2001: A Space Odyssey “could just as easily be Eurostile’s precursor, Microgramma”, calling them “nigh-impossible to tell apart”. Erik van Blokland’s side-by-side comparison reached the same verdict: inconclusive.

One date conflicts. Most sources say Microgramma had no lowercase until Eurostile, but Fonts In Use cites an October 1961 issue of Art Direction for a lowercase added to the extended styles in 1961.

Design and character

Linotype’s MyFonts description calls Microgramma “wide, almost like an extended font” with “the typical look of 1950s industrial design”, and recommends it for large sizes. URW says it was designed “to Swiss principles”. Google Fonts’ description of Michroma credits Microgramma with pioneering the rounded-square sans, a style “closely associated with a 1960s feeling of the future” that Eurostile and many later sci-fi fonts took up.

All the digital styles are wide. In URW’s files, MyFonts’ glyph data puts the x-height at about 70% of the cap height, so the added lowercase is large.

Which Microgramma should you buy?

What the “D” in Microgramma D Extended means

URW’s font names end in a code letter. Karl Berry’s list of URW font names on CTAN says the last character “describes the size or purpose of the font”, and D stands for “Display: 18pt and larger” (T is Text). That is why the files appear as “Microgramma D Extended”, “Microgramma Extd D” on Adobe Fonts, and “Microgramma Std Medium Extended (D)” on MyFonts. It marks URW’s version, not a separate design.

URW Microgramma (D Extended)

Three styles: Medium Extended, Bold Extended and Only Shadow Bold Extended. According to Wikipedia, Only Shadow is a 1994 URW addition that contains just the shadow of the Bold Extended. Single styles start at $35, and the “URW Microgramma Volume” pack of Medium and Bold Extended is $51.99. MyFonts’ header calls that the “complete family”, but Only Shadow isn’t in it.

Microgramma Bold Extended

Bold Extended is the most searched-for style, and it is in both URW’s pack and Linotype’s. If that’s the only style you need, it is sold on its own from $35 (URW) or $40.99 (Linotype).

Linotype Microgramma Pro

Two styles, Medium Extended and Bold Extended, from $40.99 each. The two-style family pack is $88.99, which is more than two single styles at $40.99. Compare in the cart before buying.

Fontspring also sells URW Microgramma; compare prices at checkout.

Language support and OpenType features

From the tech specs MyFonts publishes for each style:

• URW Microgramma: 382 glyphs (342 in Only Shadow) and 117 Latin-script languages, including Central European languages and Turkish. Features: kerning, standard ligatures (fi, fl, ff) and localised forms.
• Linotype Microgramma Pro: 388 glyphs and 121 Latin-script languages. It adds discretionary ligatures, fractions, ordinals and superscripts.

MyFonts lists Latin-script languages only for both, so don’t count on Cyrillic or Greek. In plain words, the extra Linotype features turn 1/2 into ½, set ordinals such as 1º, and raise small figures for footnotes. Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Affinity and Figma can switch these on. Canva and Cricut Design Space can’t reach OpenType features, so you’ll get the default characters there.

Microgramma font pairings and best uses

Microgramma suits logos, product labels, dashboards, watch faces, title cards and anything meant to look technical or space-age. Fonts In Use lists 109 uses, including:

• The IMAX logo
• Casio’s G-SHOCK 5000/5600 watches, where the Casio logo “appears to be in Microgramma”, alongside Eurostile
• Batman: The Animated Series episode title cards, which use Microgramma Medium Extended among many other faces

Pair this display face with something quiet for text. Inter or IBM Plex Sans work for interfaces and reports, IBM Plex Mono suits data and readouts, and Source Serif 4 adds contrast in editorial layouts.

Microgramma licensing: personal and commercial use

A MyFonts Desktop licence is priced per user and covers personal and commercial design work: logos, brand identity, videos, PDFs, posters, packaging and social posts. It doesn’t cover websites, apps, e-books, emails or digital ads; those need a Webfont, App, Electronic Doc or Digital Ad/Email licence. MyFonts also asks you to read the foundry’s EULA, as some restrict logo or trademark use.

Adobe says fonts from Adobe Fonts are licensed for personal and commercial use, including client work. This is general information, not legal advice.

How to download and install Microgramma legally

1. MyFonts: choose URW or Linotype, pick the styles and licence type, check out, and download the .otf files from your account.
2. Windows: right-click the files and choose Install (or Install for all users).
3. Mac: double-click each file and click Install Font in Font Book.
4. Adobe Fonts: with a paid Creative Cloud plan, open the Microgramma page and activate the styles. The Creative Cloud app syncs them to your apps.
5. Restart open apps. URW’s files may be listed as “Microgramma D Extended” or “Microgramma Extd D”.

Free fonts similar to Microgramma

These Google Fonts come closest. All three use the SIL Open Font License, which allows commercial use.

• Michroma: Vernon Adams’s reworking of the rounded-square genre, and its description names Microgramma as the font that pioneered the style. It is the closest match to Microgramma Medium Extended. It has one weight and no bold, so it can’t stand in for Bold Extended.
• Goldman: a wide display face by Jaikishan Patel, made for sci-fi and sports posters, in Regular and Bold. Its Bold is the best free stand-in for Microgramma Bold Extended: heavy, wide and squared, though its corners are tighter and less rounded than the classic rounded-square look.
• Audiowide: Astigmatic’s wide, soft-cornered “techno-futuristic” face, with nods to Handel Gothic. It is a looser match, with quirkier details, but gives a similar retro-tech mood.

For the full rounded-square family with lowercase and condensed widths, see our Eurostile guide. Among the paid fonts we review, Geom Graphic is a squared-off geometric sans built for retro-futurism, and Brigends Expanded is a bold, wide all-caps sans for headlines.

Microgramma font FAQ

Is Microgramma font free?

No. It is a commercial font from URW Type Foundry and Linotype, sold on MyFonts and included in paid Adobe Fonts plans.

Is Microgramma on Adobe Fonts?

Yes. Adobe Fonts lists URW’s Microgramma with three styles (Medium, Bold and Only Shadow Bold, named “Microgramma Extd D”) for desktop and web use. It is in the full library, not the free tier.

What is Microgramma D Extended?

It is URW’s digital Microgramma. The “D” is URW’s code for a display design, meant for sizes of 18pt and up. “Extended” refers to the wide proportions shared by all the digital styles.

Does Microgramma have lowercase letters?

The 1952 metal type had capitals only. Both current digital versions, URW’s and Linotype’s, include a lowercase.

Is Microgramma the same as Eurostile?

No, but they are close. Eurostile is the 1962 follow-up by Novarese, with a lowercase and more styles. Its capitals are nearly identical, with sharper inner corners where Microgramma has flat crotches.

What is the closest free font to Microgramma?

Michroma is closest in shape. For a heavy look like Microgramma Bold Extended, use Goldman Bold.