Fonts similar to Charis SIL

The 100 fonts like Charis SIL, measured

Fonts like Charis SIL lean most in stroke contrast, where 50 of the 99 have less stroke contrast and 15 more. What they keep most is Charis SIL’s weight on the page: 47 are within 6% of it, Faustina the closest of them. They part from Charis SIL most often in u (33 of the 100), d (18) and C (16).

• WidthCharis SIL: 50% of the em

  23 narrower

  Faustina 84 · 6% narrower

  Gulzar 82 · 5% narrower

  27 within 3%

  Cambo 76 · 2.1% wider

  Manuale 76 · 1.2% wider

  50 wider

  IBM Plex Serif 85 · 8% wider

  Brawler 82 · 7% wider

• x-heightCharis SIL: 48% of the em

  27 shorter

  Gulzar 82 · x-height 9% shorter

  Tinos 76 · x-height 5% shorter

  29 within 3%

  Faustina 84 · x-height 2.6% taller

  Manuale 76 · x-height 1.8% taller

  44 taller

  IBM Plex Serif 85 · x-height 7% taller

  Brawler 82 · x-height 8% taller

• InkCharis SIL: 44% ink

  39 lighter

  IBM Plex Serif 85 · 14% lighter

  Tinos 76 · 8% lighter

  47 within 6%

  Faustina 84 · 2.8% lighter

  Gulzar 82 · 3.6% heavier

  14 heavier

  Volkhov 74 · 13% heavier

  Song Myung 69 · 12% heavier

• ContrastCharis SIL: 2.31 : 1

  50 less contrast

  IBM Plex Serif 85 · less stroke contrast

  Faustina 84 · less stroke contrast

  34 within 12%

  Gulzar 82

  PT Serif Caption 76

  15 more contrast

  Lora 71 · more stroke contrast

  Frank Ruhl Libre 71 · more stroke contrast

• StylesCharis SIL: 2 weights with italics

  52 in more weights

  IBM Plex Serif 85 · 7 weights

  Faustina 84 · 6 weights

  30 variable

  Faustina 84 · 6 weights

  Roboto Serif 81 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. u33 of 100
  2. d18 of 100
  3. C16 of 100