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Fonts similar to Biryani

The fonts most like Biryani are DejaVu Sans (84 out of 100), Varela (79) and Prompt (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–56% of the em (Biryani’s is 55%) and lowercase letters 48–62% of the em wide (56%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have a shorter x-height (ten of twelve).

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  1. 84match · #1

    DejaVu Sans

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    7% lighter

    Differs most from Biryani in l, 9, and 6

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  2. 79match · #2

    Varela

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    x-height 8% shorter · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Biryani in t, 9, and l

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  3. 79match · #3

    Prompt

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    x-height 13% shorter · 10% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Biryani in l, 1, and Q

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  4. 78match · #4

    Cabin

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    15% narrower · x-height 11% shorter · 11% heavier

    Differs most from Biryani in g, M, and a

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  5. 77match · #5

    Amiko

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    x-height 6% shorter · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Biryani in 9, l, and 6

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  6. 76match · #6

    Guidy

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    x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Biryani in i, j, and 9

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  7. 75match · #7

    Oxygen

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    10% narrower · 7% lighter · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Biryani in 1, t, and Q

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  8. 75match · #8

    BIZ UDPGothic

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    10% wider · 11% lighter

    Differs most from Biryani in 1, I, and f

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  9. 75match · #9

    REM

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    x-height 9% shorter · 12% heavier · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Biryani in 4, 1, and 0

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  10. 74match · #10

    Martel Sans

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    4% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Biryani in g, a, and t

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  11. 73match · #11

    Amulya

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    x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower · 14% lighter

    Differs most from Biryani in g, 8, and 9

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  12. 73match · #12

    Argentum Sans

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    15% heavier · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Biryani in 4, 3, and 9

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The 100 fonts like Biryani, measured

Biryani is wider than most fonts like it: 76 of the 100 are narrower and 3 wider. What they keep most is Biryani’s weight on the page: 54 are within 6% of it, Varela the closest of them. They part from Biryani most often in l (37 of the 100), 9 (31) and 1 (31).

  • WidthBiryani: 56% of the em

    76 narrower
    Varela 79 · 4% narrower
    Cabin 78 · 15% narrower
    21 within 3%
    DejaVu Sans 84 · 0.2% wider
    Prompt 79 · 1.7% narrower
    3 wider
    BIZ UDPGothic 75 · 10% wider
    M PLUS U 69 · 6% wider

  • x-heightBiryani: 55% of the em

    75 shorter
    Varela 79 · x-height 8% shorter
    Prompt 79 · x-height 13% shorter
    21 within 3%
    DejaVu Sans 84 · x-height 1.1% shorter
    BIZ UDPGothic 75 · x-height 2.1% taller
    4 taller
    Geomini 66 · x-height 5% taller
    Menbere 64 · x-height 3% taller

  • InkBiryani: 42% ink

    28 lighter
    DejaVu Sans 84 · 7% lighter
    Amiko 77 · 7% lighter
    54 within 6%
    Varela 79 · 0.4% heavier
    Guidy 76 · 0.1% lighter
    18 heavier
    Prompt 79 · 10% heavier
    Cabin 78 · 11% heavier

  • ContrastBiryani: 1.15 : 1

    1 less contrast
    Cossette Texte 62 · less stroke contrast
    83 within 12%
    DejaVu Sans 84
    Varela 79
    16 more contrast
    Prompt 79 · more stroke contrast
    Martel Sans 74 · more stroke contrast

  • StylesBiryani: 7 weights

    36 in more weights
    Prompt 79 · 9 weights
    REM 75 · 9 weights
    46 with italics
    DejaVu Sans 84 · 2 weights
    Prompt 79 · 9 weights
    45 variable
    Cabin 78 · 4 weights
    REM 75 · 9 weights

  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. l37 of 100
    2. 931 of 100
    3. 131 of 100

Questions about fonts like Biryani

What is the closest font to Biryani?

DejaVu Sans, at 84 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Biryani, it is 7% lighter. After it come Varela (79) and Prompt (79).

Is there a free alternative to Biryani?

Biryani is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and DejaVu Sans, Varela and Prompt come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Martel Sans sets running text 1.7% narrower, with an x-height 3.4% shorter.