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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The original · EB Garamond
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87match · #1
Ovo
Find the font. Find its kind.13% wider · x-height 13% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 3, and 8
83match · #2
82match · #3
ET Book
Find the font. Find its kind.5% wider · 8% heavier · x-height 3% taller
Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 4, and 6
81match · #4
Sorts Mill Goudy
Find the font. Find its kind.12% wider · x-height 5% taller · 8% lighter
Differs most from EB Garamond in 0, 9, and 8
80match · #5
Cooper*
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller · 4% wider
Differs most from EB Garamond in 6, 8, and 4
80match · #6
Indira K
Find the font. Find its kind.17% wider · 22% heavier · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from EB Garamond in 7, 4, and j
79match · #7
Crimson Text
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from EB Garamond in 4, 5, and 6
79match · #8
77match · #9
Hina Mincho
Find the font. Find its kind.9% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from EB Garamond in 6, 8, and 9
74match · #10
Libertinus Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.7% wider · x-height 6% taller
Differs most from EB Garamond in 5, 9, and 4
73match · #11
IM Fell French Canon
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast · 11% wider
Differs most from EB Garamond in 0, U, and 4
71match · #12
IM Fell French Canon SC
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% taller · 17% wider · more stroke contrast
Differs most from EB Garamond in 0, U, and 4
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).
WidthEB Garamond: 44% of the em
x-heightEB Garamond: 41% of the em
- 4 within 3%
- Goudy Bookletter 1911 67 · x-height 2.4% taller
- Libertinus Serif Display 60 · x-height 2.2% taller
InkEB Garamond: 40% ink
ContrastEB Garamond: 2.69 : 1
- 29 more contrast
- IM Fell French Canon 73 · more stroke contrast
- IM Fell French Canon SC 71 · more stroke contrast
StylesEB Garamond: 5 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- 646 of 100
- 544 of 100
- 443 of 100
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.