Fonts similar to Baskervville SC
The fonts most like Baskervville SC are Bentham (81 out of 100), Playfair Display (77) and Playfair Display SC (76), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 39–61% of the em (Baskervville SC’s is 44%) and lowercase letters 44–64% of the em wide (50%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are heavier (seven of twelve).
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81match · #1
Bentham
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 12% shorter · more stroke contrast · 7% heavier
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4 and 7
77match · #2
Playfair Display
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 8, 4, and 6
76match · #3
Playfair Display SC
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 39% taller · 25% wider · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 8, 4, and 6
75match · #4
Bacasime Antique
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 12% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4 and Z
75match · #5
Vollkorn SC
Find the font. Find its kind.27% wider · x-height 15% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4, 6, and 3
74match · #6
Sedan SC
Find the font. Find its kind.17% heavier · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4, O, and Q
73match · #7
Radley
Find the font. Find its kind.19% heavier · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 8, 4, and 1
73match · #8
Playfair
Find the font. Find its kind.28% wider · less stroke contrast · 14% heavier
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4, 5, and Z
72match · #9
Libertinus Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.15% heavier · 6% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4, 2, and 7
71match · #10
Gilda Display
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 8% taller · more stroke contrast · 7% lighter
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4, Z, and 7
70match · #11
Castoro
Find the font. Find its kind.31% heavier · x-height 9% taller
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 4, 8, and 6
68match · #12
Jacques Francois
Find the font. Find its kind.19% heavier
Differs most from Baskervville SC in 0, 4, and 6
The 100 fonts like Baskervville SC, measured
Baskervville SC is lighter than most fonts like it: 67 of the 100 are heavier and 12 lighter. What they keep most is Baskervville SC’s width: 35 are within 3% of it, Playfair Display the closest of them. 98 are serifs like Baskervville SC, and 2 display faces come close too, Libertinus Serif Display the closest of them. They part from Baskervville SC most often in 4 (77 of the 100), 6 (42) and 8 (40).
WidthBaskervville SC: 50% of the em
x-heightBaskervville SC: 44% of the em
InkBaskervville SC: 36% ink
ContrastBaskervville SC: 3.20 : 1
StylesBaskervville SC: 4 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- 477 of 100
- 642 of 100
- 840 of 100
Questions about fonts like Baskervville SC
What is the closest font to Baskervville SC?
Bentham, at 81 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Baskervville SC, it is 7% heavier, with an x-height 12% shorter and more stroke contrast. After it come Playfair Display (77) and Playfair Display SC (76).
Is there a free alternative to Baskervville SC?
Baskervville SC is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Bentham, Playfair Display and Playfair Display SC come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Sedan SC sets running text to the same width, with the same x-height.