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Fonts similar to Baumans

The fonts most like Baumans are MuseoModerno (71 out of 100), Phudu (69) and Gulax (60), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–70% of the em (Baumans’s is 48%) and lowercase letters 38–65% of the em wide (48%), and nine of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (nine of twelve).

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  1. 71match · #1

    MuseoModerno

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    16% wider · x-height 6% taller · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Baumans in 4, A, and G

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  2. 69match · #2

    Phudu

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    x-height 46% taller · 10% wider · 18% lighter

    Differs most from Baumans in A, V, and W

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  3. 60match · #3

    Gulax

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    14% heavier · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Baumans in 0, 4, and j

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  4. 59match · #4

    Righteous

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    37% heavier · x-height 10% taller · 8% wider

    Differs most from Baumans in V, 4, and X

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  5. 58match · #5

    Asimovian

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    x-height 11% taller · 6% wider · 13% heavier

    Differs most from Baumans in R, x, and 6

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  6. 57match · #6

    Nova Oval

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    x-height 16% taller · 9% wider · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Baumans in h, D, and o

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  7. 47match · #7

    Aubrey

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    21% narrower · 14% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Baumans in 4, O, and e

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  8. 46match · #8

    Achieve

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    34% wider · x-height 25% taller · 28% lighter

    Differs most from Baumans in 4, 3, and A

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  9. 45match · #9

    Expletus Sans

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

    Differs most from Baumans in W, V, and j

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  10. 42match · #10

    Atomic Age

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    19% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Baumans in X, V, and b

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  11. 42match · #11

    Iceberg

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    x-height 14% taller

    Differs most from Baumans in Q, O, and 0

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  12. 42match · #12

    Trochut

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    more stroke contrast · 19% narrower · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Baumans in c, o, and q

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The 100 fonts like Baumans, measured

Baumans has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 86 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 8 a shorter one. Few keep Baumans’s proportions: at most 18 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Iceberg the closest of them. 56 are display faces like Baumans, and 37 sans serifs and 7 monospaced fonts come close too, Gulax the closest of them. They part from Baumans most often in A (42 of the 100), V (37) and O (19).

  • WidthBaumans: 48% of the em

    29 narrower
    Gulax 60 · 4% narrower
    Aubrey 47 · 21% narrower
    6 within 3%
    Iceberg 42 · 2.9% narrower
    VG5000 34 · 1.7% wider
    65 wider
    MuseoModerno 71 · 16% wider
    Phudu 69 · 10% wider
  • x-heightBaumans: 48% of the em

    8 shorter
    Aubrey 47 · x-height 4% shorter
    Googee 39 · x-height 26% shorter
    6 within 3%
    Gulax 60 · x-height 2.7% shorter
    Trochut 42 · same x-height
    86 taller
    MuseoModerno 71 · x-height 6% taller
    Phudu 69 · x-height 46% taller
  • InkBaumans: 46% ink

    45 lighter
    MuseoModerno 71 · 9% lighter
    Phudu 69 · 18% lighter
    18 within 6%
    Iceberg 42 · 2.9% lighter
    Ubuntu 41 · 4.7% lighter
    37 heavier
    Gulax 60 · 14% heavier
    Righteous 59 · 37% heavier
  • ContrastBaumans: 1.07 : 1

    5 less contrast
    Gap Sans 30 · less stroke contrast
    Astrud 24 · less stroke contrast
    60 within 12%
    MuseoModerno 71
    Gulax 60
    26 more contrast
    Aubrey 47 · more stroke contrast
    Expletus Sans 45 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesBaumans: one weight

    31 in more weights
    MuseoModerno 71 · 9 weights
    Phudu 69 · 7 weights
    22 with italics
    MuseoModerno 71 · 9 weights
    Expletus Sans 45 · 4 weights
    14 variable
    MuseoModerno 71 · 9 weights
    Phudu 69 · 7 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. A42 of 100
    2. V37 of 100
    3. O19 of 100

Questions about fonts like Baumans

What is the closest font to Baumans?

MuseoModerno, at 71 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Baumans, it is 16% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 6% taller. After it come Phudu (69) and Gulax (60).

Is there a free alternative to Baumans?

Baumans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and MuseoModerno, Phudu and Gulax come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, VG5000 sets running text 2.3% wider, with an x-height 4.2% taller.