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Fonts similar to Baskervville

The fonts most like Baskervville are Playfair Display SC (83 out of 100), Playfair Display (81) and Bentham (81), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 39–61% of the em (Baskervville’s is 44%) and lowercase letters 44–64% of the em wide (50%), and all twelve are serifs too.

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  1. 83match · #1

    Playfair Display SC

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    x-height 39% taller · 25% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Baskervville in 7 and 2

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  2. 81match · #2

    Playfair Display

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    x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Baskervville in t, 7, and 2

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  3. 81match · #3

    Bentham

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    x-height 12% shorter · more stroke contrast · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Baskervville in 8, 7, and 2

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  4. 80match · #4

    Castoro

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    31% heavier · x-height 9% taller

    Differs most from Baskervville in 7, 2, and 8

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  5. 79match · #5

    Jacques Francois

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    19% heavier

    Differs most from Baskervville in 8, 0, and u

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  6. 79match · #6

    CMU Serif

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Baskervville in 7, 1, and 2

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  7. 77match · #7

    Gilda Display

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    x-height 8% taller · more stroke contrast · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Baskervville in 8, 2, and Z

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  8. 77match · #8

    Playfair

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    28% wider · less stroke contrast · 14% heavier

    Differs most from Baskervville in j, 7, and Z

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  9. 76match · #9

    Radley

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    19% heavier · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Baskervville in 7, 2, and g

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  10. 74match · #10

    Bacasime Antique

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    more stroke contrast · 12% narrower · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from Baskervville in g, 8, and j

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  11. 73match · #11

    Gambetta

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Baskervville in 3, 2, and 6

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  12. 72match · #12

    Ibarra Real Nova

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    6% narrower

    Differs most from Baskervville in 7, 2, and 0

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The 100 fonts like Baskervville, measured

Baskervville is lighter than most fonts like it: 66 of the 100 are heavier and 16 lighter. What they keep most is Baskervville’s width: 35 are within 3% of it, Playfair Display the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Baskervville, and 1 display font comes close too: Castoro Titling. They part from Baskervville most often in 2 (59 of the 100), 7 (50) and 1 (27).

Questions about fonts like Baskervville

What is the closest font to Baskervville?

Playfair Display SC, at 83 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Baskervville, it is 25% wider, with an x-height 39% taller and more stroke contrast. After it come Playfair Display (81) and Bentham (81).

Is there a free alternative to Baskervville?

Baskervville 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 Display SC, Playfair Display and Bentham come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, CMU Serif sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 1.1% shorter.