Founders Grotesk is a sans serif typeface designed by Kris Sowersby. It is used by 2 of the 407 sites we analyzed, which ranks it joint number 29 among the 100 website fonts you can get. It needs a paid licence.
Founders Grotesk at a glance
- Rank
- =29 of 100, by number of analyzed sites using it
- Used on
- 2 sites of 407 analyzed (0%)
- Style
- Sans Serif
- Designer
- Kris Sowersby
- Licence
- Commercial licence
- Source
- Klim Type Foundry, checked October 21, 2026
Where is Founders Grotesk used?
Founders Grotesk is the headline font on 2 and the body font on 1 of the 2 sites that use it. Where it is not the biggest font for a job, it draws a smaller share of the text, such as labels or buttons.
| Industry | Sites using it | Of analyzed sites in that industry |
|---|---|---|
| Fashion and luxury | 1 | 6% |
| SaaS and productivity | 1 | 2% |
Which websites use Founders Grotesk?
Each link opens the free font finder on that site.
- freshbooks.com SaaS and productivity · headings · 7.3% of its text
- ralphlauren.com Fashion and luxury · headings · body · 55.3% of its text
What does Founders Grotesk pair with?
| Used together with | Sites | As |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Plex Sans | 1 | heading and body |
A pairing here means two different typefaces that are the biggest font for different jobs on the same site. It shows what real sites do, which is a good starting point and not a rule. All pairings.
Where do I get Founders Grotesk?
Founders Grotesk is sold under a commercial licence by Klim Type Foundry. Buy or license it from the source below; downloading the file from a site that uses it is not a licence.
Klim Type Foundry · checked October 21, 2026.
How do we know?
Each site was opened twice in a real browser and Chrome was asked which font file drew each piece of text. We count a font for a site only if both runs saw it and it drew at least 2% of the site’s custom-font text. The full method. Klim sells Founders Grotesk and offers test fonts; its page links to buying the fonts.
Other sans serif fonts in the ranking
FAQ
Is Founders Grotesk free?
No. Founders Grotesk is a commercial typeface from Klim Type Foundry. See the source on this page for how to license it.
Who designed Founders Grotesk?
Founders Grotesk was designed by Kris Sowersby and published by Klim Type Foundry. The source link on this page is where that is credited.
Which websites use Founders Grotesk?
Of the 407 sites we analyzed, 2 sites draw text in Founders Grotesk: freshbooks.com, ralphlauren.com. The list on this page links each one to the font finder.
What fonts pair well with Founders Grotesk?
On the sites we analyzed, Founders Grotesk appears alongside IBM Plex Sans (1 site). That shows what real sites do, not a rule.
How do you know which font a site uses?
We open each site in a real browser and ask Chrome which font file it used to draw each piece of text, so renamed and self-hosted fonts are named by the file itself. Each site was measured twice, and a font counts only if both runs saw it.