Fonts similar to CMU Sans Serif

The 100 fonts like CMU Sans Serif, measured

CMU Sans Serif has a shorter x-height than almost all the fonts like it: 92 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 3 a shorter one. What they keep most is CMU Sans Serif’s weight on the page: 52 are within 6% of it, Garcia the closest of them. They part from CMU Sans Serif most often in g (51 of the 100), u (49) and Q (18).

• WidthCMU Sans Serif: 46% of the em

  5 narrower

  Alpino 69 · 7% narrower

  Author 67 · 4% narrower

  18 within 3%

  CMU Bright 100 · 1.2% wider

  Mukta 72 · 2.9% wider

  77 wider

  Cantarell 77 · 13% wider

  Garcia 75 · 9% wider

• x-heightCMU Sans Serif: 45% of the em

  3 shorter

  Alpino 69 · x-height 10% shorter

  League Spartan 64 · x-height 8% shorter

  5 within 3%

  Average Sans 71 · x-height 2.4% taller

  Tajawal 69 · x-height 2% taller

  92 taller

  CMU Bright 100 · x-height 6% taller

  Cantarell 77 · x-height 8% taller

• InkCMU Sans Serif: 41% ink

  35 lighter

  CMU Bright 100 · 20% lighter

  Cantarell 77 · 8% lighter

  52 within 6%

  Garcia 75 · 0.8% lighter

  Special Gothic 71 · 3.8% heavier

  13 heavier

  Mukta 72 · 9% heavier

  Narnoor 71 · 11% heavier

• ContrastCMU Sans Serif: 1.25 : 1

  17 less contrast

  Garcia 75 · less stroke contrast

  Zen Kaku Gothic New 72 · less stroke contrast

  78 within 12%

  CMU Bright 100

  Cantarell 77

  5 more contrast

  Skeena Indigenous 64 · more stroke contrast

  Arsenal SC 62 · more stroke contrast

• StylesCMU Sans Serif: 2 weights with italics

  75 in more weights

  CMU Bright 100 · 3 weights

  Nebula Sans 75 · 6 weights

  43 variable

  Special Gothic 71 · 4 weights

  Commissioner 70 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. g51 of 100
  2. u49 of 100
  3. Q18 of 100