Fonts similar to DejaVu Sans

The 100 fonts like DejaVu Sans, measured

DejaVu Sans is wider than most fonts like it: 79 of the 100 are narrower and 4 wider. What they keep most is DejaVu Sans’s weight on the page: 42 are within 6% of it, Amiko the closest of them. They part from DejaVu Sans most often in J (36 of the 100), c (32) and S (31).

• WidthDejaVu Sans: 56% of the em

  79 narrower

  Varela 82 · 4% narrower

  Mulish 80 · 7% narrower

  17 within 3%

  Biryani 84 · 0.2% narrower

  Prompt 82 · 2% narrower

  4 wider

  M PLUS U 71 · 5% wider

  Ranade 71 · 6% wider

• x-heightDejaVu Sans: 55% of the em

  66 shorter

  Varela 82 · x-height 7% shorter

  Prompt 82 · x-height 12% shorter

  29 within 3%

  Biryani 84 · x-height 1.1% taller

  Open Sans 76 · x-height 2.1% shorter

  5 taller

  Menbere 77 · x-height 4% taller

  BDO Grotesk 76 · x-height 3% taller

• InkDejaVu Sans: 40% ink

  6 lighter

  M PLUS 2 75 · 7% lighter

  M PLUS 1p 74 · 14% lighter

  42 within 6%

  Amiko 81 · 0.8% lighter

  Mulish 80 · 2.6% lighter

  52 heavier

  Biryani 84 · 7% heavier

  Varela 82 · 7% heavier

• ContrastDejaVu Sans: 1.25 : 1

  9 less contrast

  Varela 82 · less stroke contrast

  Excon 75 · less stroke contrast

  85 within 12%

  Biryani 84

  Prompt 82

  5 more contrast

  Ranade 71 · more stroke contrast

  Aileron 68 · more stroke contrast

• StylesDejaVu Sans: 2 weights with italics

  82 in more weights

  Biryani 84 · 7 weights

  Prompt 82 · 9 weights

  51 variable

  Mulish 80 · 9 weights

  Nunito Sans 78 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. J36 of 100
  2. c32 of 100
  3. S31 of 100