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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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  1. 87match · #1

    Isenheim

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    more stroke contrast · 12% narrower · 19% lighter

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, E, and g

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  2. 83match · #2

    Anticva

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    x-height 43% taller · 37% lighter · 15% wider

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, V, and E

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  3. 78match · #3

    Career

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    more stroke contrast · 21% heavier · 10% narrower

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and o

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  4. 76match · #4

    Stoke

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    20% heavier · x-height 9% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and n

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  5. 74match · #5

    Zarathustra

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    19% narrower · 21% heavier · x-height 9% shorter

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and E

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  6. 71match · #6

    Anvers

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    13% narrower · x-height 11% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, q, and l

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  7. 70match · #7

    Coconat

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    17% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, E, and V

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  8. 69match · #8

    Young Serif

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    42% heavier · x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, 5, and 1

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  9. 68match · #9

    Libre Baskerville

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    6% narrower · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, E, and a

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  10. 67match · #10

    Headland One

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    x-height 6% taller · 5% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and E

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  11. 67match · #11

    Castoro

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    18% narrower · x-height 13% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, a, and y

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  12. 66match · #12

    Mattern

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    11% narrower · x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Basteleur in A, n, and E

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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).

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.