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Fonts similar to Average

The fonts most like Average are Andada Pro (88 out of 100), Ruwudu (83) and Esteban (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–53% of the em (Average’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 47–53% of the em wide (48%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have more stroke contrast (eight of twelve).

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  1. 88match · #1

    Andada Pro

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    10% wider · x-height 8% taller

    Differs most from Average in t, j, and a

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  2. 83match · #2

    Ruwudu

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    x-height 8% shorter · 15% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Average in 4, 3, and Q

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  3. 79match · #3

    Esteban

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    6% wider · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Average in 6, s, and 4

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  4. 79match · #4

    Lusitana

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    x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Average in 4, t, and e

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  5. 79match · #5

    Walleye

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    9% lighter · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from Average in 9, O, and 6

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  6. 78match · #6

    Rosarivo

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    x-height 12% taller · 11% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Average in 0, O, and 4

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  7. 78match · #7

    Castoro

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    more stroke contrast · 7% wider · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Average in 4, y, and 9

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  8. 76match · #8

    Prociono

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    x-height 15% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Average in 0, x, and v

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  9. 76match · #9

    Vollkorn

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    6% wider · more stroke contrast · 8% heavier

    Differs most from Average in 0, 4, and 2

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  10. 75match · #10

    Alkalami

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    54% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Average in 4, c, and 3

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  11. 75match · #11

    Maname

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    5% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Average in 6, 2, and 4

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  12. 73match · #12

    Buenard

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    x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Average in 4, 2, and 0

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The 100 fonts like Average, measured

Average has less stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 62 of the 99 have more stroke contrast and 12 less. What they keep most is Average’s weight on the page: 41 are within 6% of it, Andada Pro the closest of them. 96 are serifs like Average, and 4 display faces come close too, Libertinus Serif Display the closest of them. They part from Average most often in 4 (58 of the 100), B (18) and e (17).

  • WidthAverage: 48% of the em

    17 narrower
    Amiri 68 · 7% narrower
    ElstobP 67 · 4% narrower
    21 within 3%
    Ruwudu 83 · 1.1% narrower
    Lusitana 79 · 1.2% wider
    62 wider
    Andada Pro 88 · 10% wider
    Esteban 79 · 6% wider
  • x-heightAverage: 46% of the em

    33 shorter
    Ruwudu 83 · x-height 8% shorter
    Lusitana 79 · x-height 5% shorter
    18 within 3%
    Vollkorn 76 · x-height 0.8% taller
    Maname 75 · x-height 1% taller
    49 taller
    Andada Pro 88 · x-height 8% taller
    Esteban 79 · x-height 5% taller
  • InkAverage: 42% ink

    35 lighter
    Walleye 79 · 9% lighter
    Rosarivo 78 · 8% lighter
    41 within 6%
    Andada Pro 88 · 2.5% lighter
    Esteban 79 · 1.2% lighter
    24 heavier
    Ruwudu 83 · 15% heavier
    Lusitana 79 · 7% heavier
  • ContrastAverage: 1.77 : 1

    12 less contrast
    Prociono 76 · less stroke contrast
    Balthazar 66 · less stroke contrast
    25 within 12%
    Andada Pro 88
    Esteban 79
    62 more contrast
    Ruwudu 83 · more stroke contrast
    Lusitana 79 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesAverage: one weight

    56 in more weights
    Andada Pro 88 · 5 weights
    Ruwudu 83 · 4 weights
    43 with italics
    Andada Pro 88 · 5 weights
    Walleye 79 · 2 weights
    18 variable
    Andada Pro 88 · 5 weights
    Vollkorn 76 · 6 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. 458 of 100
    2. B18 of 100
    3. e17 of 100

Questions about fonts like Average

What is the closest font to Average?

Andada Pro, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Average, it is 10% wider, with an x-height 8% taller. After it come Ruwudu (83) and Esteban (79).

Is there a free alternative to Average?

Average is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Andada Pro, Ruwudu and Esteban come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Lusitana sets running text 0.9% narrower, with an x-height 4.8% shorter.