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Fonts similar to Elstob

The fonts most like Elstob are Libre Caslon Display (81 out of 100), Junicode (81) and Gulzar (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–52% of the em (Elstob’s is 44%) and lowercase letters 41–53% of the em wide (47%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (seven of twelve).

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  1. 81match · #1

    Libre Caslon Display

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    more stroke contrast · 13% narrower · 16% lighter

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, Z, and 7

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  2. 81match · #2

    Junicode

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    8% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Elstob in L

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  3. 80match · #3

    Gulzar

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    14% heavier · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, Z, and b

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  4. 77match · #4

    Source Serif 4

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    x-height 9% taller · less stroke contrast · 8% wider

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, y, and p

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  5. 77match · #5

    Newsreader

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Elstob in n, 4, and j

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  6. 73match · #6

    Ibarra Real Nova

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    11% lighter

    Differs most from Elstob in y, 1, and 4

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  7. 72match · #7

    Amiri

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    6% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, 1, and L

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  8. 70match · #8

    Libre Caslon Condensed

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    x-height 21% taller · less stroke contrast · 9% narrower

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, Z, and 7

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  9. 70match · #9

    Rufina

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

    Differs most from Elstob in 1, 4, and t

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  10. 70match · #10

    Gambetta

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    15% lighter · 7% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, v, and Z

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  11. 70match · #11

    Cardo

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Elstob in 4, F, and Q

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  12. 68match · #12

    Judson

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Elstob in g, T, and A

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The 100 fonts like Elstob, measured

Elstob has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 66 of the 100 have less stroke contrast and 13 more. What they keep most is Elstob’s weight on the page: 45 are within 6% of it, Junicode the closest of them. They part from Elstob most often in 4 (65 of the 100), 1 (20) and L (17).

Questions about fonts like Elstob

What is the closest font to Elstob?

Libre Caslon Display, at 81 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Elstob, it is 13% narrower and 16% lighter, with more stroke contrast. After it come Junicode (81) and Gulzar (80).

Is there a free alternative to Elstob?

Elstob is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Libre Caslon Display, Junicode and Gulzar come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Gulzar sets running text 1.5% narrower, with an x-height 1.1% taller.