Fonts similar to Bacasime Antique
The fonts most like Bacasime Antique are Playfair (100 out of 100), Playfair Display SC (84) and Playfair Display (81), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 39–61% of the em (Bacasime Antique’s is 42%) and lowercase letters 43–64% of the em wide (44%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (eight of twelve).
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The original · Bacasime Antique
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100match · #1
Playfair
Bacasime Antique is based on itFind the font. Find its kind.46% wider · less stroke contrast · 15% heavier
84match · #2
81match · #3
Playfair Display
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 24% taller · 16% wider
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in t
80match · #4
Bentham
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · x-height 7% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 7
75match · #5
Cormorant Garamond
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 8% lighter
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 6, 5, and 7
75match · #6
Baskervville SC
Find the font. Find its kind.14% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 4 and Z
75match · #7
Arapey
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 6% taller
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 1, Q, and K
75match · #8
75match · #9
Cormorant
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 8% lighter
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 6, 5, and 7
74match · #10
Baskervville
Find the font. Find its kind.14% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in g, 8, and j
74match · #11
Gilda Display
Find the font. Find its kind.16% wider · x-height 14% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 4, 5, and 9
73match · #12
Cormorant SC
Find the font. Find its kind.17% wider · 34% lighter · x-height 13% taller
Differs most from Bacasime Antique in 6, 7, and 5
The 100 fonts like Bacasime Antique, measured
Bacasime Antique has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 86 of the 100 have less stroke contrast and 7 more. Few keep Bacasime Antique’s proportions: at most 23 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Playfair Display the closest of them. 96 are serifs like Bacasime Antique, and 4 display faces come close too, Shafarik the closest of them. They part from Bacasime Antique most often in 1 (30 of the 100), 4 (24) and 6 (23).
WidthBacasime Antique: 44% of the em
x-heightBacasime Antique: 42% of the em
InkBacasime Antique: 35% ink
ContrastBacasime Antique: 5.28 : 1
StylesBacasime Antique: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- 130 of 100
- 424 of 100
- 623 of 100
Questions about fonts like Bacasime Antique
What is the closest font to Bacasime Antique?
Playfair, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Bacasime Antique, it is 46% wider and 15% heavier, with less stroke contrast. After it come Playfair Display SC (84) and Playfair Display (81).
Is there a free alternative to Bacasime Antique?
Bacasime Antique is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Playfair, Playfair Display SC and Playfair Display come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Unna sets running text 2.0% wider, with an x-height 1.2% taller.