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Fonts similar to Cardo

The fonts most like Cardo are ET Book (85 out of 100), Ibarra Real Nova (81) and Nanum Myeongjo (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–60% of the em (Cardo’s is 44%) and lowercase letters 46–64% of the em wide (48%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (eight of twelve).

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  1. 85match · #1

    ET Book

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    10% heavier · 5% narrower · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from Cardo in 4, 2, and 7

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  2. 81match · #2

    Ibarra Real Nova

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

    Differs most from Cardo in 1, b, and y

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  3. 80match · #3

    Nanum Myeongjo

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    23% lighter · x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Cardo in 8 and Q

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  4. 79match · #4

    Sneaky Times

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    x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Cardo in O, S, and 1

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  5. 79match · #5

    Shippori Mincho B1

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    11% wider · x-height 9% taller · 14% lighter

    Differs most from Cardo in 7, 4, and Q

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  6. 78match · #6

    Cinzel

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    x-height 37% taller · 33% wider · 42% lighter

    Differs most from Cardo in 1 and 7

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  7. 78match · #7

    Jomolhari

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    x-height 14% taller · 6% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cardo in O, e, and 1

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  8. 75match · #8

    Hedvig Letters Serif

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    x-height 18% taller · 11% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cardo in S, Q, and z

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  9. 75match · #9

    Gambetta

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    13% lighter · 5% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cardo in 3, e, and j

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  10. 74match · #10

    STIX Two Text

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    x-height 8% taller · less stroke contrast · 6% heavier

    Differs most from Cardo in O, Q, and 1

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  11. 73match · #11

    Isenheim

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    more stroke contrast · 14% wider · x-height 14% taller

    Differs most from Cardo in a, 4, and j

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  12. 73match · #12

    Gulzar

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    16% heavier · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cardo in S, z, and 7

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The 100 fonts like Cardo, measured

Fonts like Cardo lean most in x-height, where 59 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 17 a shorter one. What they keep most is Cardo’s weight on the page: 42 are within 6% of it, Sneaky Times the closest of them. 97 are serifs like Cardo, and 2 display faces and 1 sans serif come close too, Nuosu SIL the closest of them. They part from Cardo most often in 7 (32 of the 100), 1 (29) and O (25).

Questions about fonts like Cardo

What is the closest font to Cardo?

ET Book, at 85 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Cardo, it is 10% heavier and 5% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter. After it come Ibarra Real Nova (81) and Nanum Myeongjo (80).

Is there a free alternative to Cardo?

Cardo is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and ET Book, Ibarra Real Nova and Nanum Myeongjo come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Ibarra Real Nova sets running text 1.8% narrower, with an x-height 3.1% shorter.