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Fonts similar to Cormorant

The fonts most like Cormorant are Bacasime Antique (75 out of 100), Playfair (73) and Bona Nova (72), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 39–61% of the em (Cormorant’s is 39%) and lowercase letters 41–64% of the em wide (44%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (ten of twelve).

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  1. 75match · #1

    Bacasime Antique

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Cormorant in 6, 5, and 7

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  2. 73match · #2

    Playfair

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    45% wider · less stroke contrast · 25% heavier

    Differs most from Cormorant in 7, 6, and 5

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  3. 72match · #3

    Bona Nova

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    x-height 14% taller · 25% heavier · 11% wider

    Differs most from Cormorant in 0, c, and t

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  4. 70match · #4

    Bentham

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    9% wider · 17% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cormorant in Q

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  5. 70match · #5

    Libre Caslon Display

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

    Differs most from Cormorant in 1, 5, and 0

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  6. 68match · #6

    Bona Nova SC

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    x-height 14% taller · 25% heavier · 11% wider

    Differs most from Cormorant in 6, 3, and 5

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  7. 67match · #7

    Playfair Display SC

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    x-height 58% taller · 42% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cormorant in 6, Q, and 7

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  8. 65match · #8

    Cinzel

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    x-height 55% taller · 45% wider · 29% lighter

    Differs most from Cormorant in 0, 8, and 1

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  9. 64match · #9

    Radley

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    30% heavier · x-height 14% taller · 13% wider

    Differs most from Cormorant in 6, B, and t

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  10. 64match · #10

    Cardo

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    x-height 14% taller · 21% heavier · 10% wider

    Differs most from Cormorant in 1, 9, and 0

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  11. 63match · #11

    Gambetta

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    x-height 17% taller · 15% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cormorant in 6, 5, and 9

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  12. 63match · #12

    Nanum Myeongjo

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    x-height 22% taller · 12% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Cormorant in 6, 9, and 8

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The 100 fonts like Cormorant, measured

Cormorant has a shorter x-height than almost all the fonts like it: 91 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 1 a shorter one. Few keep Cormorant’s proportions: at most 13 keep its width, within 3%, Bacasime Antique the closest of them. 96 are serifs like Cormorant, and 4 display faces come close too, Shafarik the closest of them. They part from Cormorant most often in 6 (54 of the 100), 1 (27) and 5 (24).

Questions about fonts like Cormorant

What is the closest font to Cormorant?

Bacasime Antique, at 75 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Cormorant, it is 9% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 8% taller. After it come Playfair (73) and Bona Nova (72).

Is there a free alternative to Cormorant?

Cormorant is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Bacasime Antique, Playfair and Bona Nova come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, EB Garamond sets running text 2.8% narrower, with an x-height 4.9% taller.