Fonts similar to DotMatrix
The fonts most like DotMatrix are Bitcount Single (72 out of 100), Bitcount Single Ink (72) and Bitcount Grid Single (72), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–53% of the em (DotMatrix’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 51–61% of the em wide (60%), and eleven of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most are heavier (ten of twelve).
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Find the font. Find its kind.41% heavier · 14% narrower · x-height 6% taller
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The 100 fonts like DotMatrix, measured
DotMatrix is lighter than most fonts like it: 82 of the 99 are heavier and 13 lighter. What they keep most is DotMatrix’s width: 42 are within 3% of it, Bitcount Single the closest of them. 81 are display faces like DotMatrix, and 9 monospaced fonts, 6 sans serifs and 4 handwriting faces come close too, Doto the closest of them. They part from DotMatrix most often in L (25 of the 100), T (19) and I (13).
WidthDotMatrix: 60% of the em
x-heightDotMatrix: 50% of the em
InkDotMatrix: 22% ink
StylesDotMatrix: 2 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- L25 of 100
- T19 of 100
- I13 of 100
Questions about fonts like DotMatrix
What is the closest font to DotMatrix?
Bitcount Single, at 72 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to DotMatrix, it is 71% heavier. After it come Bitcount Single Ink (72) and Bitcount Grid Single (72).
Is there a free alternative to DotMatrix?
DotMatrix is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Bitcount Single, Bitcount Single Ink and Bitcount Grid Single come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Bitcount Single sets running text to the same width, with the same x-height.