font inspectorWhat font does Zara use?
Zara’s site is almost all photography, with very small, light, uppercase type that stays out of the way. When we inspected it a privacy notice was open, so much of the measured text comes from the menu, the notice and the footer.
Short answer: Zara’s website uses Helvetica Now Text for nearly all text, mostly at a light weight and in small uppercase.
Helvetica Now
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Helvetica Now Text- Weights
- 300, 400, 700
- Sizes
- 15px · 13px · 12px · 10px · 9px
- Served from
- static.zara.net
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.
| Role | Font | Size | Weight | Line height | Letter spacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation | Helvetica Now | 13px | 300 | 1.69 | normal |
| Small text | Helvetica Now | 13px | 300 | 1.54 | normal |
The main font stack in the CSS:
font-family: "Helvetica Now Text", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;- Weight 300 at 13px is a deliberate fashion choice. It is elegant, but small light text is hard to read, so use it with care.
- Text goes down to 9 and 10px for secondary links.
- The CSS also names Didot for one display line. We could not confirm which font file draws it, so it is left out of the list above.
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About the fonts, and whether you can use them
Helvetica Now
Monotype’s 2019 redrawing of Helvetica. Zara uses the Text cut, which is spaced for small sizes.
Can you use it? Helvetica Now is a commercial typeface from Monotype. Inter is the closest free alternative for small text.
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Get a similar look with a free font
This starter uses Inter, which is open source, with the sizes and spacing measured above. It is an approximation, not a copy of Zara’s brand typeface.
/* Approximates the Zara look with a free font */
body {
font-family: "Inter", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
}
How we checked
We opened zara.com in Chrome on September 21, 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.
Zara and its typefaces are trademarks of their respective owners. Font Inspector is not affiliated with Zara.
Questions & answers
What font does Zara use on its website?
Zara’s website uses Helvetica Now Text for nearly all text, mostly at a light weight and in small uppercase.
Can I use the Zara font?
Helvetica Now is a commercial typeface from Monotype. Inter is the closest free alternative for small text.
What is a free font similar to Helvetica Now?
Inter is free on Google Fonts and gives a similar feel. No free font is an exact match, so compare it with your own text first.
How can I check what font Zara uses myself?
Open zara.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.