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Fonts similar to EB Garamond

The fonts most like EB Garamond are Ovo (87 out of 100), Junicode (83) and ET Book (82), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 38–48% of the em (EB Garamond’s is 41%) and lowercase letters 40–51% of the em wide (44%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (eleven of twelve).

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  1. 87match · #1

    Ovo

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    13% wider · x-height 13% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 3, and 8

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  2. 83match · #2

    Junicode

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    x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 9, and 6

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  3. 82match · #3

    ET Book

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    5% wider · 8% heavier · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 4, and 6

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  4. 81match · #4

    Sorts Mill Goudy

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    12% wider · x-height 5% taller · 8% lighter

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 0, 9, and 8

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  5. 80match · #5

    Cooper*

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller · 4% wider

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 6, 8, and 4

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  6. 80match · #6

    Indira K

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    17% wider · 22% heavier · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 7, 4, and j

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  7. 79match · #7

    Crimson Text

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    x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 4, 5, and 6

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  8. 79match · #8

    Amiri

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    x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 4, 6, and 5

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  9. 77match · #9

    Hina Mincho

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    9% narrower · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 6, 8, and 9

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  10. 74match · #10

    Libertinus Serif

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    7% wider · x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 9, and 4

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  11. 73match · #11

    IM Fell French Canon

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    x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast · 11% wider

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 0, U, and 4

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  12. 71match · #12

    IM Fell French Canon SC

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    x-height 18% taller · 17% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from EB Garamond in 0, U, and 4

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The 100 fonts like EB Garamond, measured

EB Garamond has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 88 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 8 a shorter one. What they keep most is EB Garamond’s weight on the page: 36 are within 6% of it, Ovo the closest of them. 99 are serifs like EB Garamond, and 1 display font comes close too: Libertinus Serif Display. They part from EB Garamond most often in 6 (46 of the 100), 5 (44) and 4 (43).

Questions about fonts like EB Garamond

What is the closest font to EB Garamond?

Ovo, at 87 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to EB Garamond, it is 13% wider, with an x-height 13% taller and less stroke contrast. After it come Junicode (83) and ET Book (82).

Is there a free alternative to EB Garamond?

EB Garamond is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Ovo, Junicode and ET Book come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Junicode sets running text 1.9% wider, with an x-height 3.2% taller.