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Fonts similar to Borges

The fonts most like Borges are Mourier (100 out of 100), Ravkan (75) and Trmnl Cubic (70), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 47–89% of the em (Borges’s is 56%) and lowercase letters 63–110% of the em wide (100%), and eight of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most are lighter (nine of twelve).

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  1. 100match · #1

    Mourier

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    x-height 26% taller · 20% narrower · 14% lighter

    Differs most from Borges in H, E, and G

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  2. 75match · #2

    Ravkan

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    26% narrower · x-height 17% taller · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Borges in P, F, and R

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  3. 70match · #3

    Trmnl Cubic

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    27% lighter

    Differs most from Borges in K, H, and V

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  4. 63match · #4

    Geostar

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    24% narrower · 43% lighter · x-height 16% shorter

    Differs most from Borges in M, D, and H

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  5. 61match · #5

    Unsightly

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    x-height 33% taller · 16% narrower · 32% lighter

    Differs most from Borges in X, 1, and K

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  6. 58match · #6

    Sixtyfour Convergence

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    30% lighter · x-height 10% taller

    Differs most from Borges in L, H, and N

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  7. 58match · #7

    Sixtyfour

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    30% lighter · x-height 10% taller

    Differs most from Borges in L, H, and N

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  8. 55match · #8

    Geostar Fill

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    24% narrower · x-height 16% shorter · 25% lighter

    Differs most from Borges in l, M, and H

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  9. 55match · #9

    Stalinist One

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    x-height 5% shorter · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Borges in W, K, and V

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  10. 54match · #10

    Libertinus Keyboard

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    x-height 36% taller · 46% lighter · 10% wider

    Differs most from Borges in M, 5, and X

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  11. 54match · #11

    Alien Block

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    68% heavier · 25% narrower

    Differs most from Borges in U, D, and O

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  12. 51match · #12

    Blackout Two AM

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    x-height 60% taller · 37% narrower · 21% heavier

    Differs most from Borges in W, D, and X

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The 100 fonts like Borges, measured

Borges is wider than almost all the fonts like it: 92 of the 100 are narrower and 3 wider. Few keep Borges’s proportions: at most 19 keep its x-height, within 3%, Trmnl Cubic the closest of them. 56 are display faces like Borges, and 20 sans serifs, 14 monospaced fonts, 8 serifs and 2 handwriting faces come close too, Trmnl Cubic the closest of them. They part from Borges most often in H (23 of the 100), L (22) and M (17).

Questions about fonts like Borges

What is the closest font to Borges?

Mourier, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Borges, it is 20% narrower and 14% lighter, with an x-height 26% taller. After it come Ravkan (75) and Trmnl Cubic (70).

Is there a free alternative to Borges?

Borges is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Mourier, Ravkan and Trmnl Cubic come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Trmnl Cubic sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 1.0% shorter.