Fonts similar to CMU Bright

The 100 fonts like CMU Bright, measured

CMU Bright is lighter than most fonts like it: 83 of the 100 are heavier and 6 lighter. Few keep CMU Bright’s proportions: at most 22 keep its x-height, within 3%, Zen Kaku Gothic New the closest of them. They part from CMU Bright most often in 7 (30 of the 100), g (28) and 9 (19).

• WidthCMU Bright: 46% of the em

  6 narrower

  Darker Grotesque 70 · 14% narrower

  Pavanam 68 · 5% narrower

  14 within 3%

  CMU Sans Serif 100 · 1.1% narrower

  Tajawal 73 · 0.8% wider

  80 wider

  Zen Kaku Gothic New 85 · 5% wider

  Cabinet Grotesk 78 · 3% wider

• x-heightCMU Bright: 47% of the em

  8 shorter

  CMU Sans Serif 100 · x-height 6% shorter

  Tajawal 73 · x-height 4% shorter

  22 within 3%

  Zen Kaku Gothic New 85 · x-height 1.4% taller

  Cabinet Grotesk 78 · x-height 1.6% taller

  70 taller

  Raleway 75 · x-height 10% taller

  Gothic A1 74 · x-height 11% taller

• InkCMU Bright: 33% ink

  6 lighter

  Darker Grotesque 70 · 8% lighter

  Roundo 68 · 7% lighter

  11 within 6%

  Zen Kaku Gothic New 85 · 0.5% heavier

  Panamera 78 · 2.9% lighter

  83 heavier

  CMU Sans Serif 100 · 25% heavier

  Cabinet Grotesk 78 · 6% heavier

• ContrastCMU Bright: 1.25 : 1

  27 less contrast

  Zen Kaku Gothic New 85 · less stroke contrast

  Lil Grotesk 71 · less stroke contrast

  66 within 12%

  CMU Sans Serif 100

  Cabinet Grotesk 78

  7 more contrast

  Panamera 78 · more stroke contrast

  Estedad 58 · more stroke contrast

• StylesCMU Bright: 3 weights with italics

  76 in more weights

  Zen Kaku Gothic New 85 · 5 weights

  Cabinet Grotesk 78 · 8 weights

  43 variable

  Raleway 75 · 9 weights

  Nunito Sans 72 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 730 of 100
  2. g28 of 100
  3. 919 of 100