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Fonts similar to Arbutus

The fonts most like Arbutus are New Rocker (86 out of 100), Shojumaru (74) and CAT Constantia (71), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 47–77% of the em (Arbutus’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 47–92% of the em wide (71%), and three of them are serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (nine of twelve).

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  1. 86match · #1

    New Rocker

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    32% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Arbutus in x, 1, and m

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  2. 74match · #2

    Shojumaru

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    x-height 10% taller · 8% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Arbutus in U, D, and O

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  3. 71match · #3

    CAT Constantia

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    33% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter

    Differs most from Arbutus in B, o, and 3

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  4. 65match · #4

    Malebolge Adversarial

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    x-height 47% taller · 51% lighter · 15% narrower

    Differs most from Arbutus in P, F, and R

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  5. 64match · #5

    Spicy Rice

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    32% narrower · less stroke contrast · 19% heavier

    Differs most from Arbutus in e, Y, and D

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  6. 59match · #6

    Sancreek

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    24% narrower · x-height 23% taller · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Arbutus in f, X, and 8

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  7. 58match · #7

    Suez One

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    23% narrower · less stroke contrast · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Arbutus in 6, w, and S

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  8. 57match · #8

    Ouroboros

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    8% narrower · x-height 4% shorter · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Arbutus in e, B, and G

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  9. 56match · #9

    Peralta

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    9% narrower · 9% lighter · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Arbutus in U, Q, and q

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  10. 55match · #10

    Ewert

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    x-height 34% taller · 37% lighter · 4% wider

    Differs most from Arbutus in X, R, and D

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  11. 54match · #11

    Nosifer

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    x-height 30% taller · 30% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Arbutus in P, D, and T

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  12. 53match · #12

    Irish Grover

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    29% narrower · 33% lighter · x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Arbutus in 8, 6, and m

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The 100 fonts like Arbutus, measured

Arbutus is wider than most fonts like it: 76 of the 100 are narrower and 17 wider. Few keep Arbutus’s proportions: at most 21 keep its x-height, within 3%, Suez One the closest of them. 34 are serifs like Arbutus, and 62 display faces, 3 sans serifs and 1 monospace font come close too, New Rocker the closest of them. They part from Arbutus most often in D (25 of the 100), X (20) and R (17).

Questions about fonts like Arbutus

What is the closest font to Arbutus?

New Rocker, at 86 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Arbutus, it is 32% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter and less stroke contrast. After it come Shojumaru (74) and CAT Constantia (71).

Is there a free alternative to Arbutus?

Arbutus is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and New Rocker, Shojumaru and CAT Constantia come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Ultra sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 3.0% taller.