Fonts similar to Drama Sans
The fonts most like Drama Sans are Playpen Sans (88 out of 100), Cause (85) and Comic Mono (82), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–76% of the em (Drama Sans’s is 54%) and lowercase letters 43–72% of the em wide (52%), and ten of them are handwriting faces too. Where they differ, most are lighter (seven of twelve).
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The original · Drama Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.Like Drama Sans, but…
88match · #1
Playpen Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Drama Sans in y, G, and d
85match · #2
Cause
Find the font. Find its kind.21% lighter · x-height 6% shorter · 3% narrower
Differs most from Drama Sans in e, O, and 1
82match · #3
Comic Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 6% shorter · 5% wider
Differs most from Drama Sans in l, 0, and i
76match · #4
Itim
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% shorter · more stroke contrast · 7% narrower
Differs most from Drama Sans in g, a, and 4
76match · #5
Delius Unicase
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 41% taller · 38% wider · 33% lighter
Differs most from Drama Sans in D, O, and B
75match · #6
BoonJot
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 10% lighter
Differs most from Drama Sans in 8, r, and y
75match · #7
Fuzzy Bubbles
Find the font. Find its kind.23% lighter · 8% wider
Differs most from Drama Sans in 0, U, and 8
73match · #8
Short Stack
Find the font. Find its kind.20% wider · 17% lighter
Differs most from Drama Sans in 8, 6, and 9
72match · #9
Comic Relief
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 5% shorter · 7% heavier
Differs most from Drama Sans in d, p, and e
68match · #10
Schoolbell
Find the font. Find its kind.16% narrower · x-height 13% shorter
Differs most from Drama Sans in 8, 9, and 5
68match · #11
68match · #12
Delius
Find the font. Find its kind.19% lighter · x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Drama Sans in y, D, and 0
The 100 fonts like Drama Sans, measured
Drama Sans has a taller x-height than most fonts like it: 72 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 12 a taller one. Few keep Drama Sans’s proportions: at most 19 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Playpen Sans the closest of them. 67 are handwriting faces like Drama Sans, and 25 display faces, 5 sans serifs and 3 monospaced fonts come close too, Comic Mono the closest of them. They part from Drama Sans most often in 0 (30 of the 100), y (29) and 8 (29).
WidthDrama Sans: 52% of the em
x-heightDrama Sans: 54% of the em
InkDrama Sans: 45% ink
ContrastDrama Sans: 0.94 : 1
StylesDrama Sans: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- 030 of 100
- y29 of 100
- 829 of 100
Questions about fonts like Drama Sans
What is the closest font to Drama Sans?
Playpen Sans, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Drama Sans, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come Cause (85) and Comic Mono (82).
Is there a free alternative to Drama Sans?
Drama Sans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Playpen Sans, Cause and Comic Mono come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Coming Soon sets running text 1.1% narrower, with an x-height 1.0% taller.