Fonts similar to Basic

The 100 fonts like Basic, measured

Basic is darker than most fonts like it: 74 of the 100 are lighter and 8 heavier. What they keep most is Basic’s x-height: 44 are within 3% of it, Rambla the closest of them. They part from Basic most often in 4 (49 of the 100), 7 (40) and r (25).

• WidthBasic: 48% of the em

  27 narrower

  Rambla 79 · 3% narrower

  UNAL Ancizar Sans 75 · 7% narrower

  27 within 3%

  Amaranth 79 · 1.1% wider

  Inria Sans 75 · 1.5% wider

  46 wider

  Fira Sans 76 · 6% wider

  Voces 74 · 10% wider

• x-heightBasic: 50% of the em

  16 shorter

  UNAL Ancizar Sans 75 · x-height 8% shorter

  Average Sans 70 · x-height 9% shorter

  44 within 3%

  Rambla 79 · x-height 1.4% taller

  Amaranth 79 · x-height 0.2% shorter

  40 taller

  Fira Sans 76 · x-height 6% taller

  Voces 74 · x-height 3% taller

• InkBasic: 50% ink

  74 lighter

  Rambla 79 · 10% lighter

  Fira Sans 76 · 15% lighter

  18 within 6%

  Expose 73 · 4.7% lighter

  Merriweather Sans 70 · 3% lighter

  8 heavier

  Amaranth 79 · 10% heavier

  Palanquin Dark 60 · 18% heavier

• ContrastBasic: 1.38 : 1

  33 less contrast

  Inria Sans 75 · less stroke contrast

  Magra 72 · less stroke contrast

  57 within 12%

  Rambla 79

  Amaranth 79

  9 more contrast

  Voces 74 · more stroke contrast

  Sansita 68 · more stroke contrast

• StylesBasic: one weight

  69 in more weights

  Rambla 79 · 2 weights

  Amaranth 79 · 2 weights

  40 with italics

  Rambla 79 · 2 weights

  Amaranth 79 · 2 weights

  23 variable

  UNAL Ancizar Sans 75 · 10 weights

  Merriweather Sans 70 · 6 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 449 of 100
  2. 740 of 100
  3. r25 of 100