Fonts similar to Asta Sans
The fonts most like Asta Sans are Metrophobic (82 out of 100), Supreme (81) and Mozilla Text (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 49–53% of the em (Asta Sans’s is 51%) and lowercase letters 48–56% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.
Matched by the letters themselves · early version
The original · Asta Sans
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82match · #1
81match · #2
Supreme
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 3% shorter · 3% narrower
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, 5, and l
80match · #3
Mozilla Text
Find the font. Find its kind.9% wider · x-height 6% taller · 8% lighter
Differs most from Asta Sans in 0, 9, and 2
79match · #4
Roboto
Find the font. Find its kind.12% heavier · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, d, and 9
79match · #5
IBM Plex Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Asta Sans in Q, g, and G
77match · #6
Miranda Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, Q, and 9
77match · #7
Pontano Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.7% narrower · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, f, and a
77match · #8
Hedvig Letters Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, y, and O
77match · #9
76match · #10
Archivo
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 4% taller · 8% heavier · 3% narrower
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, g, and 9
76match · #11
Haskoy
Find the font. Find its kind.5% narrower · 7% lighter
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, 4, and Q
75match · #12
Golos Text
Find the font. Find its kind.6% wider · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Asta Sans in I, l, and 9
The 100 fonts like Asta Sans, measured
Fonts like Asta Sans lean most in x-height, where 42 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 11 a shorter one. What they keep most is Asta Sans’s weight on the page: 49 are within 6% of it, Supreme the closest of them. They part from Asta Sans most often in I (82 of the 100), 9 (24) and Q (22).
WidthAsta Sans: 51% of the em
x-heightAsta Sans: 51% of the em
InkAsta Sans: 41% ink
ContrastAsta Sans: 1.16 : 1
- 1 less contrast
- Cossette Texte 69 · less stroke contrast
StylesAsta Sans: 6 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- I82 of 100
- 924 of 100
- Q22 of 100
Questions about fonts like Asta Sans
What is the closest font to Asta Sans?
Metrophobic, at 82 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Asta Sans, it is 9% lighter. After it come Supreme (81) and Mozilla Text (80).
Is there a free alternative to Asta Sans?
Asta Sans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Metrophobic, Supreme and Mozilla Text come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Metrophobic sets running text 1.5% wider, with an x-height 2.2% shorter.