Fonts similar to Dante
The fonts most like Dante are Port Lligat Sans (67 out of 100), Libertinus Sans (66) and Kuenstler Grotesk (63), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 43–62% of the em (Dante’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 39–56% of the em wide (37%), and eight of them are sans serifs too. Where they differ, all twelve are wider.
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67match · #1
Port Lligat Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.21% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Dante in H, X, and E
66match · #2
Libertinus Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.26% wider · x-height 6% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Dante in v, x, and Y
63match · #3
Kuenstler Grotesk
Find the font. Find its kind.42% wider · x-height 35% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Dante in Q, O, and C
63match · #4
Gotu
Find the font. Find its kind.51% wider · x-height 13% taller · 21% lighter
Differs most from Dante in d, m, and q
63match · #5
Truculenta
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller · 7% wider
Differs most from Dante in V, W, and Y
60match · #6
Atma
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 20% taller · 16% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Dante in H, X, and j
57match · #7
Winky Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.26% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 9% taller
Differs most from Dante in X, 5, and I
56match · #8
Arima
Find the font. Find its kind.37% wider · x-height 13% taller · 10% lighter
Differs most from Dante in W, V, and m
56match · #9
Cagliostro
Find the font. Find its kind.31% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Dante in d, O, and X
56match · #10
Glory
Find the font. Find its kind.15% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Dante in R, P, and B
55match · #11
Combo
Find the font. Find its kind.17% wider · x-height 12% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Dante in H, u, and h
55match · #12
Neucha
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 9% taller · 6% wider
Differs most from Dante in X, H, and 8
The 100 fonts like Dante, measured
Dante has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 87 of the 97 have less stroke contrast and 2 more. What they keep most is Dante’s weight on the page: 29 are within 6% of it, Port Lligat Sans the closest of them. 43 are sans serifs like Dante, and 30 display faces, 15 handwriting faces, 10 serifs and 2 monospaced fonts come close too, Atma the closest of them. They part from Dante most often in H (32 of the 100), X (29) and G (20).
WidthDante: 37% of the em
x-heightDante: 46% of the em
InkDante: 41% ink
ContrastDante: 2.58 : 1
StylesDante: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- H32 of 100
- X29 of 100
- G20 of 100
Questions about fonts like Dante
What is the closest font to Dante?
Port Lligat Sans, at 67 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Dante, it is 21% wider, with less stroke contrast. After it come Libertinus Sans (66) and Kuenstler Grotesk (63).
Is there a free alternative to Dante?
Dante is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Port Lligat Sans, Libertinus Sans and Kuenstler Grotesk come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Berner Basisschrift sets running text 0.9% wider, with an x-height 3.5% shorter.