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Fonts similar to Caudex

The fonts most like Caudex are Trirong (73 out of 100), Lustria (72) and Cardo (71), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–60% of the em (Caudex’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 48–64% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (eight of twelve).

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  1. 73match · #1

    Trirong

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    x-height 9% taller · 6% wider · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Caudex in g, W, and z

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  2. 72match · #2

    Lustria

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    x-height 10% taller · less stroke contrast · 4% wider

    Differs most from Caudex in 5, 8, and g

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  3. 71match · #3

    Cardo

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    6% narrower · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Caudex in K, g, and t

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  4. 71match · #4

    Fraunces

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    17% heavier · 5% wider

    Differs most from Caudex in 7, 3, and g

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  5. 71match · #5

    Junge

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    23% lighter · x-height 11% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Caudex in g, K, and I

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  6. 68match · #6

    Shippori Mincho B1

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    13% lighter · 5% wider · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Caudex in g, a, and W

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  7. 67match · #7

    Sentient

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    x-height 10% taller · 8% wider · 10% heavier

    Differs most from Caudex in g, x, and W

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  8. 67match · #8

    Wittgenstein

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    x-height 9% taller

    Differs most from Caudex in g, v, and 8

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  9. 67match · #9

    Gelasio

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    13% heavier · x-height 6% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Caudex in g, 4, and J

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  10. 67match · #10

    Cinzel

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    x-height 31% taller · 25% wider · 41% lighter

    Differs most from Caudex in W, M, and 5

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  11. 67match · #11

    Petrona

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    4% narrower · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Caudex in L, j, and 2

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  12. 67match · #12

    Della Respira

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    less stroke contrast · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Caudex in 8, e, and a

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The 100 fonts like Caudex, measured

Fonts like Caudex lean most in x-height, where 55 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 22 a shorter one. What they keep most is Caudex’s weight on the page: 36 are within 6% of it, Cardo the closest of them. They part from Caudex most often in g (76 of the 100), 5 (28) and a (28).

  • WidthCaudex: 51% of the em

    39 narrower
    Cardo 71 · 6% narrower
    Petrona 67 · 4% narrower
    27 within 3%
    Wittgenstein 67 · 1.5% wider
    Gelasio 67 · 2.3% narrower
    34 wider
    Trirong 73 · 6% wider
    Lustria 72 · 4% wider
  • x-heightCaudex: 46% of the em

    22 shorter
    Cardo 71 · x-height 4% shorter
    Petrona 67 · x-height 3% shorter
    23 within 3%
    Fraunces 71 · x-height 2.8% taller
    Della Respira 67 · x-height 1.7% taller
    55 taller
    Trirong 73 · x-height 9% taller
    Lustria 72 · x-height 10% taller
  • InkCaudex: 39% ink

    22 lighter
    Trirong 73 · 9% lighter
    Lustria 72 · 8% lighter
    36 within 6%
    Cardo 71 · 1.3% heavier
    Wittgenstein 67 · 3.7% heavier
    42 heavier
    Fraunces 71 · 17% heavier
    Sentient 67 · 10% heavier
  • ContrastCaudex: 2.82 : 1

    53 less contrast
    Lustria 72 · less stroke contrast
    Junge 71 · less stroke contrast
    26 within 12%
    Trirong 73
    Cardo 71
    20 more contrast
    Ortica 66 · more stroke contrast
    Kaisei Decol 65 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesCaudex: 2 weights with italics

    42 in more weights
    Trirong 73 · 9 weights
    Fraunces 71 · 9 weights
    15 variable
    Fraunces 71 · 9 weights
    Wittgenstein 67 · 6 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. g76 of 100
    2. 528 of 100
    3. a28 of 100

Questions about fonts like Caudex

What is the closest font to Caudex?

Trirong, at 73 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Caudex, it is 6% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 9% taller. After it come Lustria (72) and Cardo (71).

Is there a free alternative to Caudex?

Caudex is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Trirong, Lustria and Cardo come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Gambetta sets running text 3.0% narrower, with an x-height 1.2% shorter.