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Fonts similar to Average Sans

The fonts most like Average Sans are Mukta (90 out of 100), Skeena Indigenous (84) and Plein (83), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–53% of the em (Average Sans’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 44–55% of the em wide (45%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (eleven of twelve).

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  1. 90match · #1

    Mukta

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    4% wider · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from Average Sans in b, q, and t

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  2. 84match · #2

    Skeena Indigenous

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    more stroke contrast · 6% lighter · 3% wider

    Differs most from Average Sans in q, 7, and u

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  3. 83match · #3

    Plein

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    x-height 11% taller · 11% wider · 15% lighter

    Differs most from Average Sans in n, t, and e

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  4. 82match · #4

    UNAL Ancizar Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Average Sans in l, Z, and i

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  5. 80match · #5

    Actor

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    x-height 10% taller · 6% wider · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Average Sans in g, 0, and u

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  6. 79match · #6

    Martel Sans

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    19% wider · x-height 17% taller · 13% lighter

    Differs most from Average Sans in b, 3, and M

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  7. 79match · #7

    Molengo

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    9% lighter · 4% wider

    Differs most from Average Sans in j, 0, and l

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  8. 78match · #8

    Proza Libre

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    22% wider · x-height 14% taller · 11% lighter

    Differs most from Average Sans in 9, o, and 6

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  9. 78match · #9

    Bespoke Sans

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    16% wider · x-height 14% taller · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Average Sans in 1, 4, and v

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  10. 77match · #10

    Telex

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    16% wider · x-height 13% taller

    Differs most from Average Sans in g, j, and e

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  11. 77match · #11

    Cambay

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    9% wider · 12% lighter · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Average Sans in g, l, and M

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  12. 76match · #12

    Gudea

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    x-height 10% taller · 18% lighter · 4% wider

    Differs most from Average Sans in g, M, and b

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The 100 fonts like Average Sans, measured

Average Sans has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 83 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 6 a shorter one. What they keep most is Average Sans’s weight on the page: 26 are within 6% of it, Mukta the closest of them. They part from Average Sans most often in g (34 of the 100), b (33) and o (21).

Questions about fonts like Average Sans

What is the closest font to Average Sans?

Mukta, at 90 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Average Sans, it is 4% wider, with an x-height 3% taller. After it come Skeena Indigenous (84) and Plein (83).

Is there a free alternative to Average Sans?

Average 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 Mukta, Skeena Indigenous and Plein come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Mukta sets running text 2.7% wider, with an x-height 3.1% taller.