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Fonts similar to Drafting Mono

The fonts most like Drafting Mono are Courier Prime (67 out of 100), Iosevka Etoile (65) and Erica Type (63), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 38–52% of the em (Drafting Mono’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 49–62% of the em wide (60%), and nine of them are monospaced fonts too.

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  1. 67match · #1

    Courier Prime

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in 7, n, and x

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  2. 65match · #2

    Iosevka Etoile

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    x-height 13% taller

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in 3, t, and e

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  3. 63match · #3

    Erica Type

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    x-height 8% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in n, h, and x

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  4. 61match · #4

    Iosevka Curly Slab

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    17% narrower · x-height 13% taller · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in z, e, and 3

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  5. 61match · #5

    Cutive Mono

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    x-height 18% shorter · 34% lighter

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in x, 5, and O

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  6. 60match · #6

    Monaspace Xenon

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    x-height 12% taller · more stroke contrast · 3% wider

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in 6, x, and 3

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  7. 60match · #7

    Anonymous Pro

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    9% narrower · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in L, 3, and K

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  8. 59match · #8

    Podkova

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    15% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in m, n, and 3

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  9. 59match · #9

    CMU Typewriter Text

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    12% narrower · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in x, v, and n

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  10. 54match · #10

    Compagnon

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    49% lighter · less stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in x, S, and C

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  11. 53match · #11

    PT Mono

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    x-height 9% taller · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in z, X, and R

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  12. 52match · #12

    Zilla Slab

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    18% narrower · 8% heavier · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Drafting Mono in 6, O, and g

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The 100 fonts like Drafting Mono, measured

Drafting Mono has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 76 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 10 a shorter one. What they keep most is Drafting Mono’s width: 38 are within 3% of it, Courier Prime the closest of them. 50 are monospaced fonts like Drafting Mono, and 38 serifs, 8 sans serifs, 3 display faces and 1 handwriting font come close too, Monaspace Xenon the closest of them. They part from Drafting Mono most often in 3 (43 of the 100), z (30) and x (25).

Questions about fonts like Drafting Mono

What is the closest font to Drafting Mono?

Courier Prime, at 67 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Drafting Mono, it has less stroke contrast. After it come Iosevka Etoile (65) and Erica Type (63).

Is there a free alternative to Drafting Mono?

Drafting Mono is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Courier Prime, Iosevka Etoile and Erica Type come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Courier Prime sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 1.9% shorter.