Fonts similar to Boska
The fonts most like Boska are Noto Serif Display (86 out of 100), Bonny (83) and Antic Didone (83), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 41–61% of the em (Boska’s is 49%) and lowercase letters 33–62% of the em wide (46%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (ten of twelve).
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86match · #1
Noto Serif Display
Find the font. Find its kind.19% wider · 25% heavier · x-height 11% taller
Differs most from Boska in l, 0, and 4
83match · #2
Bonny
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 12% narrower · x-height 8% taller
Differs most from Boska in v, x, and w
83match · #3
Antic Didone
Find the font. Find its kind.17% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 3% taller
Differs most from Boska in 0, 1, and 7
78match · #4
Libre Caslon Display
Find the font. Find its kind.29% heavier · x-height 13% shorter · 11% narrower
Differs most from Boska in m, n, and r
77match · #5
Bodoni Moda
Find the font. Find its kind.40% heavier · 16% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Boska in V, N, and X
76match · #6
Godia
Find the font. Find its kind.50% heavier · x-height 24% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Boska in 7, 4, and b
73match · #7
Oranienbaum
Find the font. Find its kind.43% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter
Differs most from Boska in J, l, and j
73match · #8
Playfair Display SC
Find the font. Find its kind.35% wider · x-height 25% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Boska in I, 7, and H
72match · #9
Arapey
Find the font. Find its kind.34% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 10% shorter
Differs most from Boska in b, 6, and 0
72match · #10
Imbue
Find the font. Find its kind.81% heavier · 28% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Boska in w, J, and v
70match · #11
Playfair Display
Find the font. Find its kind.41% heavier · less stroke contrast · 10% wider
Differs most from Boska in I, u, and t
69match · #12
Suranna
Find the font. Find its kind.50% heavier · x-height 16% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Boska in K, b, and J
The 100 fonts like Boska, measured
Boska has more stroke contrast than almost all the fonts like it: 93 of the 100 have less stroke contrast and 3 more. Few keep Boska’s proportions: at most 13 keep its x-height, within 3%, Gilda Display the closest of them. 88 are serifs like Boska, and 9 display faces, 2 sans serifs and 1 monospace font come close too, Viaoda Libre the closest of them. They part from Boska most often in K (29 of the 100), h (27) and l (13).
WidthBoska: 46% of the em
x-heightBoska: 49% of the em
InkBoska: 26% ink
ContrastBoska: 8.63 : 1
StylesBoska: 6 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- K29 of 100
- h27 of 100
- l13 of 100
Questions about fonts like Boska
What is the closest font to Boska?
Noto Serif Display, at 86 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Boska, it is 19% wider and 25% heavier, with an x-height 11% taller. After it come Bonny (83) and Antic Didone (83).
Is there a free alternative to Boska?
Boska is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Noto Serif Display, Antic Didone and Libre Caslon Display.