Fonts similar to Basteleur
The fonts most like Basteleur are Isenheim (87 out of 100), Anticva (83) and Career (78), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–79% of the em (Basteleur’s is 55%) and lowercase letters 50–72% of the em wide (63%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (ten of twelve).
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The original · Basteleur
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87match · #1
Isenheim
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 12% narrower · 19% lighter
Differs most from Basteleur in A, E, and g
83match · #2
Anticva
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 43% taller · 37% lighter · 15% wider
Differs most from Basteleur in A, V, and E
78match · #3
Career
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 21% heavier · 10% narrower
Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and o
76match · #4
Stoke
Find the font. Find its kind.20% heavier · x-height 9% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and n
74match · #5
Zarathustra
Find the font. Find its kind.19% narrower · 21% heavier · x-height 9% shorter
Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and E
71match · #6
Anvers
Find the font. Find its kind.13% narrower · x-height 11% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Basteleur in A, q, and l
70match · #7
Coconat
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Basteleur in A, E, and V
69match · #8
Young Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.42% heavier · x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower
Differs most from Basteleur in A, 5, and 1
68match · #9
Libre Baskerville
Find the font. Find its kind.6% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Basteleur in A, E, and a
67match · #10
Headland One
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 6% taller · 5% narrower · 7% heavier
Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and E
67match · #11
Castoro
Find the font. Find its kind.18% narrower · x-height 13% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and y
66match · #12
Mattern
Find the font. Find its kind.11% narrower · x-height 8% shorter
Differs most from Basteleur in A, n, and E
The 100 fonts like Basteleur, measured
Basteleur is wider than almost all the fonts like it: 90 of the 100 are narrower and 4 wider. What they keep most is Basteleur’s weight on the page: 29 are within 6% of it, Coconat the closest of them. 95 are serifs like Basteleur, and 4 display faces and 1 sans serif come close too, Henny Penny the closest of them. They part from Basteleur most often in A (95 of the 100), a (46) and E (42).
WidthBasteleur: 63% of the em
x-heightBasteleur: 55% of the em
InkBasteleur: 40% ink
ContrastBasteleur: 2.04 : 1
StylesBasteleur: 2 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- A95 of 100
- a46 of 100
- E42 of 100
Questions about fonts like Basteleur
What is the closest font to Basteleur?
Isenheim, at 87 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Basteleur, it is 12% narrower and 19% lighter, with more stroke contrast. After it come Anticva (83) and Career (78).
Is there a free alternative to Basteleur?
Basteleur is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Isenheim, Anticva and Career come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Inknut Antiqua sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 3.5% shorter.