INSPECTED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2026

What font does Adobe use?

Adobe runs one of the largest font services on the web, and its own site shows how the company uses it: one family in two optical sizes, loaded as an Adobe Fonts kit rather than as files on adobe.com.

Short answer: Adobe’s website uses Adobe Clean, the company’s own corporate typeface, for text and interface, and Adobe Clean Display in its heaviest Black weight for headlines. Both are served through Adobe Fonts.

FONTS ON ADOBE.COMShare of visible text · 1440px wide viewport

Adobe Clean

Adobe Fonts86.1%
CSS name
adobe-clean
Weights
400, 600, 700
Sizes
22px · 20px · 16px · 14px · 12px

Adobe Clean Display

Adobe Fonts13.9%
CSS name
adobe-clean-display
Weights
900
Sizes
80px · 56px · 24px

Sizes, weights and spacing by role

These are computed values from the live page, which is what the Font Inspector panel shows when you click each element.

RoleFontSizeWeightLine heightLetter spacing
HeadlineAdobe Clean Display80px9000.95-0.04em
SubheadingAdobe Clean Display56px9001-0.03em
Body textAdobe Clean20px4001.2normal
NavigationAdobe Clean14px7001.29normal
Measured at a 1440px wide window on November 5, 2026. Responsive sites use other sizes on smaller screens.

The main font stack in the CSS:

font-family: "Adobe Clean", adobe-clean, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
  • The 80px headline is Black, 900, with tight -0.04em tracking and a line height of 0.95, so stacked lines nearly touch.
  • The stack names the font twice: adobe-clean is the slug the Adobe Fonts kit registers, and the plain name catches machines with the desktop font installed.
  • The fallbacks are Trebuchet MS for text and a local Arial Bold Adjusted face for headlines, an alias with adjusted metrics so the layout does not jump while the kit loads.

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About the fonts, and whether you can use them

Adobe Clean

Adobe’s corporate typeface, a humanist sans serif designed by Robert Slimbach. It is the face of Adobe’s products, marketing and documentation.

Can you use it? No. Adobe Clean is reserved for Adobe’s own use and is not offered for licensing, even to Adobe Fonts subscribers. Source Sans 3, also designed at Adobe, is free and close in tone.

On Google Fonts: Source Sans 3, Inter.

Adobe Clean Display

The display optical size of Adobe Clean, used here only in the Black weight for large headlines and pull quotes.

Can you use it? The same restriction applies. For a heavy headline with a similar feel, try Figtree or Outfit at weight 800 or 900.

On Google Fonts: Figtree, Outfit.

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Get a similar look with a free font

This starter uses Source Sans 3, which is open source, with the sizes and spacing measured above. It is an approximation, not a copy of Adobe’s brand typeface.

/* Approximates the Adobe look with a free font */
body {
  font-family: "Source Sans 3", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
  font-size: 5rem; /* 80px */
  font-weight: 900;
  line-height: 0.95;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
}
p {
  font-size: 1.25rem; /* 20px */
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.2;
}
Try the pairing in the font pairing playground, or build the rest of the scale with the type scale calculator.

How we checked

We opened adobe.com in Chrome on November 5, 2026 and read the computed styles of its visible text: the declared font stack, the font actually rendered, and how much of the page’s text each family sets. That is the same data the Font Inspector extension shows under Fonts on this page. We re-check these pages periodically, and the date above shows the last inspection.

Adobe and its typefaces are trademarks of their respective owners. Font Inspector is not affiliated with Adobe.

Questions & answers

What font does Adobe use on its website?

Adobe’s website uses Adobe Clean, the company’s own corporate typeface, for text and interface, and Adobe Clean Display in its heaviest Black weight for headlines. Both are served through Adobe Fonts.

Can I use the Adobe font?

No. Adobe Clean is reserved for Adobe’s own use and is not offered for licensing, even to Adobe Fonts subscribers. Source Sans 3, also designed at Adobe, is free and close in tone.

What is a free font similar to Adobe Clean?

Source Sans 3 and Inter are free on Google Fonts and give a similar feel. No free font is an exact match, so compare it with your own text first.

How can I check what font Adobe uses myself?

Open adobe.com, then click any text with the Font Inspector extension, or right-click, choose Inspect and look at Rendered Fonts in the Computed tab. Sites change their typography, so checking the live page is the only way to be sure.