Fonts similar to Crimson Text

The 100 fonts like Crimson Text, measured

Crimson Text is narrower than most fonts like it: 75 of the 100 are wider and 8 narrower. What they keep most is Crimson Text’s weight on the page: 40 are within 6% of it, Junicode the closest of them. 97 are serifs like Crimson Text, and 2 display faces and 1 monospace font come close too, Libertinus Serif Display the closest of them. They part from Crimson Text most often in O (29 of the 100), 4 (20) and 7 (17).

• WidthCrimson Text: 44% of the em

  8 narrower

  Ramaraja 88 · 5% narrower

  Hina Mincho 71 · 11% narrower

  17 within 3%

  Junicode 89 · 2.4% narrower

  ET Book 81 · 2.9% wider

  75 wider

  Libertinus Serif 85 · 5% wider

  Lusitana 79 · 9% wider

• x-heightCrimson Text: 42% of the em

  13 shorter

  Ramaraja 88 · x-height 8% shorter

  EB Garamond 79 · x-height 4% shorter

  26 within 3%

  Junicode 89 · x-height 1.3% shorter

  Libertinus Serif 85 · x-height 1.6% taller

  61 taller

  Ovo 74 · x-height 8% taller

  Quattrocento 74 · x-height 8% taller

• InkCrimson Text: 41% ink

  36 lighter

  Ovo 74 · 7% lighter

  Quattrocento 74 · 13% lighter

  40 within 6%

  Junicode 89 · 0.5% heavier

  Libertinus Serif 85 · 0.2% lighter

  24 heavier

  Ramaraja 88 · 40% heavier

  ET Book 81 · 6% heavier

• ContrastCrimson Text: 2.21 : 1

  27 less contrast

  Quattrocento 74 · less stroke contrast

  Alegreya 73 · less stroke contrast

  28 within 12%

  Libertinus Serif 85

  ET Book 81

  44 more contrast

  Junicode 89 · more stroke contrast

  Ramaraja 88 · more stroke contrast

• StylesCrimson Text: 3 weights with italics

  36 in more weights

  Junicode 89 · 5 weights

  EB Garamond 79 · 5 weights

  20 variable

  EB Garamond 79 · 5 weights

  Buenard 74 · 4 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. O29 of 100
  2. 420 of 100
  3. 717 of 100