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Fonts similar to Brygada 1918

The fonts most like Brygada 1918 are GFS Didot (81 out of 100), Hausschrift (80) and BJCree (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 43–51% of the em (Brygada 1918’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 48–58% of the em wide (53%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (seven of twelve).

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  1. 81match · #1

    GFS Didot

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    5% narrower

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in i, S, and 4

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  2. 80match · #2

    Hausschrift

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    8% narrower · x-height 6% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in u, S, and q

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  3. 80match · #3

    BJCree

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    8% narrower · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in p and 5

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  4. 78match · #4

    Zodiak

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

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in i, b, and 8

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  5. 78match · #5

    Edwin

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    16% heavier

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in s and 5

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  6. 77match · #6

    CMU Serif

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    more stroke contrast · 8% narrower · 13% lighter

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in p, s, and 5

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  7. 77match · #7

    Old Standard TT

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    more stroke contrast · 9% narrower · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in b, i, and C

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  8. 76match · #8

    Frank Ruhl Libre

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    7% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in p, I, and b

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  9. 76match · #9

    Cantata One

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    24% heavier · 9% wider · x-height 9% taller

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in J, S, and Z

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  10. 76match · #10

    CMU Concrete

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    less stroke contrast · 8% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in f, O, and s

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  11. 75match · #11

    Taviraj

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in c, Q, and u

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  12. 75match · #12

    Literata

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    x-height 10% taller · less stroke contrast · 14% heavier

    Differs most from Brygada 1918 in 1, M, and l

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The 100 fonts like Brygada 1918, measured

Fonts like Brygada 1918 lean most in width, where 59 of the 100 are narrower and 20 wider. What they keep most is Brygada 1918’s weight on the page: 34 are within 6% of it, GFS Didot the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Brygada 1918, and 1 monospace font comes close too: New Heterodox Mono. They part from Brygada 1918 most often in 7 (24 of the 100), p (21) and 1 (20).

Questions about fonts like Brygada 1918

What is the closest font to Brygada 1918?

GFS Didot, at 81 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Brygada 1918, it is 5% narrower. After it come Hausschrift (80) and BJCree (80).

Is there a free alternative to Brygada 1918?

Brygada 1918 is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and GFS Didot, Hausschrift and BJCree come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, GFS Didot sets running text 2.0% narrower, with an x-height 0.9% shorter.