Skip to content
fontkind.

Fonts similar to CMU Concrete

The fonts most like CMU Concrete are Zilla Slab (82 out of 100), IBM Plex Serif (80) and Montagu Slab (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 40–52% of the em (CMU Concrete’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 45–57% of the em wide (49%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have more stroke contrast (nine of twelve).

Matched by the letters themselves · early version

65 px
Default
0 em

The original · CMU Concrete

Find the font. Find its kind.

Like CMU Concrete, but…

  1. 82match · #1

    Zilla Slab

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in g, d, and C

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Zilla Slab

  2. 80match · #2

    IBM Plex Serif

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    x-height 13% taller · more stroke contrast · 10% wider

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in Z, 7, and Q

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like IBM Plex Serif

  3. 79match · #3

    Montagu Slab

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    more stroke contrast · 14% wider · x-height 10% taller

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in Z, 2, and a

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Montagu Slab

  4. 76match · #4

    Brygada 1918

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    more stroke contrast · 8% wider · 7% lighter

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in f, O, and s

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Brygada 1918

  5. 72match · #5

    Slabo 27px

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    8% narrower · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in Z, c, and 2

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Slabo 27px

  6. 72match · #6

    Kameron

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    more stroke contrast · 5% wider · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in g, Z, and f

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Kameron

  7. 72match · #7

    Karma

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    x-height 7% taller · 10% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in E, F, and u

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Karma

  8. 72match · #8

    Trocchi

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    16% wider · x-height 14% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in S, Z, and g

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Trocchi

  9. 71match · #9

    Rokkitt

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    x-height 13% shorter · 8% heavier · 4% narrower

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in Z, g, and c

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Rokkitt

  10. 69match · #10

    Besley

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    more stroke contrast · 15% wider · x-height 14% taller

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in 8, Z, and N

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Besley

  11. 68match · #11

    Roboto Serif

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    13% wider · x-height 11% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in 2, f, and 8

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Roboto Serif

  12. 67match · #12

    Uchen

    Find the font. Find its kind.

    more stroke contrast · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from CMU Concrete in U, O, and 0

    Compare with CMU ConcreteFonts like Uchen

← Back to CMU Concrete

The 100 fonts like CMU Concrete, measured

CMU Concrete has less stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 64 of the 100 have more stroke contrast and 3 less. What they keep most is CMU Concrete’s weight on the page: 45 are within 6% of it, Zilla Slab the closest of them. 98 are serifs like CMU Concrete, and 2 monospaced fonts come close too, Drafting Mono the closest of them. They part from CMU Concrete most often in Z (30 of the 100), Q (29) and O (24).

Questions about fonts like CMU Concrete

What is the closest font to CMU Concrete?

Zilla Slab, at 82 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to CMU Concrete, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come IBM Plex Serif (80) and Montagu Slab (79).

Is there a free alternative to CMU Concrete?

CMU Concrete is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Zilla Slab, IBM Plex Serif and Montagu Slab come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Zilla Slab sets running text 2.2% narrower, with an x-height 2.8% shorter.