Fonts similar to CMU Serif

The 100 fonts like CMU Serif, measured

CMU Serif is lighter than most fonts like it: 73 of the 100 are heavier and 5 lighter. What they keep most is CMU Serif’s width: 27 are within 3% of it, Hausschrift the closest of them. 98 are serifs like CMU Serif, and 1 sans serif and 1 display font come close too, Nuosu SIL the closest of them. They part from CMU Serif most often in 7 (27 of the 100), 1 (21) and 8 (19).

• WidthCMU Serif: 49% of the em

  27 narrower

  Ibarra Real Nova 74 · 4% narrower

  Bacasime Antique 72 · 10% narrower

  27 within 3%

  Hausschrift 95 · 0.1% wider

  BJCree 89 · 0.6% wider

  46 wider

  Shippori Mincho B1 79 · 10% wider

  Edwin 78 · 7% wider

• x-heightCMU Serif: 43% of the em

  14 shorter

  Bacasime Antique 72 · x-height 4% shorter

  Playfair 71 · x-height 4% shorter

  20 within 3%

  Hausschrift 95 · x-height 0.4% taller

  BJCree 89 · same x-height

  66 taller

  Old Standard TT 85 · x-height 6% taller

  Shippori Mincho B1 79 · x-height 11% taller

• InkCMU Serif: 34% ink

  5 lighter

  Playfair Display SC 71 · 19% lighter

  Nanum Myeongjo 69 · 10% lighter

  22 within 6%

  Old Standard TT 85 · 2.6% heavier

  Baskervville 79 · 5.2% heavier

  73 heavier

  Hausschrift 95 · 19% heavier

  BJCree 89 · 17% heavier

• ContrastCMU Serif: 3.53 : 1

  54 less contrast

  BJCree 89 · less stroke contrast

  Shippori Mincho B1 79 · less stroke contrast

  25 within 12%

  Hausschrift 95

  Old Standard TT 85

  20 more contrast

  Bacasime Antique 72 · more stroke contrast

  Playfair Display 71 · more stroke contrast

• StylesCMU Serif: 2 weights with italics

  47 in more weights

  BJCree 89 · 4 weights

  Baskervville 79 · 4 weights

  25 variable

  Baskervville 79 · 4 weights

  Frank Ruhl Libre 78 · 7 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 727 of 100
  2. 121 of 100
  3. 819 of 100