Fonts similar to Edison

The 100 fonts like Edison, measured

Edison is narrower than most fonts like it: 85 of the 100 are wider and 7 narrower. Few keep Edison’s proportions: at most 19 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Jena Gotisch the closest of them. 88 are display faces like Edison, and 5 handwriting faces, 4 serifs, 2 sans serifs and 1 monospace font come close too, Fette Globus the closest of them. They part from Edison most often in l (31 of the 100), b (27) and q (19).

• WidthEdison: 35% of the em

  7 narrower

  Jena Gotisch 83 · 26% narrower

  Kanzler 71 · 19% narrower

  8 within 3%

  Blankenburg 49 · 0.1% wider

  Des Malers Fraktur 45 · 0.1% narrower

  85 wider

  Aktura 73 · 9% wider

  Malebolge Adversarial 69 · 75% wider

• x-heightEdison: 45% of the em

  13 shorter

  Kanzler 71 · x-height 5% shorter

  Manufacturing Consent 67 · x-height 3% shorter

  9 within 3%

  Jena Gotisch 83 · x-height 1.8% taller

  CAT Walzhari 59 · x-height 2.6% taller

  78 taller

  Aktura 73 · x-height 13% taller

  Malebolge Adversarial 69 · x-height 71% taller

• InkEdison: 47% ink

  32 lighter

  Kanzler 71 · 10% lighter

  Malebolge Adversarial 69 · 31% lighter

  19 within 6%

  Jena Gotisch 83 · 4.8% lighter

  CAT Altgotisch 64 · 1.6% lighter

  49 heavier

  Aktura 73 · 23% heavier

  Manufacturing Consent 67 · 13% heavier

• ContrastEdison: 0.99 : 1

  13 less contrast

  Jena Gotisch 83 · less stroke contrast

  Kanzler 71 · less stroke contrast

  19 within 12%

  Malebolge Adversarial 69

  UnifrakturCook 65

  39 more contrast

  Aktura 73 · more stroke contrast

  Manufacturing Consent 67 · more stroke contrast

• StylesEdison: one weight

  9 in more weights

  Astloch 55 · 2 weights

  Grenze Gotisch 50 · 9 weights

  3 with italics

  CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 47 · 2 weights

  Gotisch Weiss UNZ1A 44 · 1 weight

  1 variable

  Grenze Gotisch 50 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. l31 of 100
  2. b27 of 100
  3. q19 of 100