Fonts similar to Bentham

The 100 fonts like Bentham, measured

Bentham has a shorter x-height than almost all the fonts like it: 91 of the 100 have a taller x-height and none a shorter one. What they keep most is Bentham’s width: 27 are within 3% of it, CMU Serif the closest of them. 98 are serifs like Bentham, and 2 display faces come close too, Libertinus Serif Display the closest of them. They part from Bentham most often in 7 (41 of the 100), 2 (28) and 1 (25).

• WidthBentham: 48% of the em

  34 narrower

  Bacasime Antique 80 · 9% narrower

  Ramaraja 72 · 13% narrower

  27 within 3%

  CMU Serif 69 · 1.3% wider

  Buenard 69 · 2.8% narrower

  39 wider

  Playfair 82 · 33% wider

  Baskervville SC 81 · 4% wider

• x-heightBentham: 39% of the em

  0 shorter

  None

  9 within 3%

  Ramaraja 72 · x-height 0.9% taller

  Cormorant Garamond 71 · same x-height

  91 taller

  Playfair 82 · x-height 8% taller

  Baskervville SC 81 · x-height 13% taller

• InkBentham: 38% ink

  25 lighter

  Baskervville SC 81 · 7% lighter

  Baskervville 81 · 7% lighter

  24 within 6%

  Playfair Display 74 · 3.2% lighter

  Amiri 69 · 5.7% heavier

  51 heavier

  Playfair 82 · 7% heavier

  Jacques Francois 76 · 12% heavier

• ContrastBentham: 4.00 : 1

  75 less contrast

  Playfair 82 · less stroke contrast

  Baskervville SC 81 · less stroke contrast

  12 within 12%

  Cormorant Garamond 71

  Cormorant 70

  12 more contrast

  Bacasime Antique 80 · more stroke contrast

  Playfair Display SC 77 · more stroke contrast

• StylesBentham: one weight

  60 in more weights

  Playfair 82 · 7 weights

  Baskervville SC 81 · 4 weights

  54 with italics

  Playfair 82 · 7 weights

  Baskervville 81 · 4 weights

  23 variable

  Playfair 82 · 7 weights

  Baskervville SC 81 · 4 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 741 of 100
  2. 228 of 100
  3. 125 of 100