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Fonts similar to Erica Type

The fonts most like Erica Type are CMU Typewriter Text (100 out of 100), Courier Prime (97) and Cutive Mono (97), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 38–51% of the em (Erica Type’s is 42%) and lowercase letters 42–62% of the em wide (60%), and five of them are monospaced fonts too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (ten of twelve).

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  1. 100match · #1

    CMU Typewriter Text

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    13% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Erica Type in Q, O, and T

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  2. 97match · #2

    Courier Prime

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    x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Erica Type in g, 1, and c

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  3. 97match · #3

    Cutive Mono

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    33% lighter · x-height 10% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Erica Type in 1, 8, and c

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  4. 74match · #4

    Photonico Code

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    x-height 17% taller

    Differs most from Erica Type in g, 4, and Z

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  5. 69match · #5

    Compagnon

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    48% lighter · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Erica Type in s, 9, and P

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  6. 63match · #6

    Drafting Mono

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    x-height 9% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Erica Type in n, h, and x

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  7. 54match · #7

    Glass Antiqua

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    30% narrower · x-height 14% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Erica Type in s, 6, and 8

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  8. 52match · #8

    Kiwi Maru

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    x-height 21% taller

    Differs most from Erica Type in s, g, and 6

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  9. 47match · #9

    Chubbo

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    x-height 15% taller · 13% narrower · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Erica Type in G, 1, and 4

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  10. 43match · #10

    Scope One

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    x-height 19% taller · 13% narrower · 25% lighter

    Differs most from Erica Type in t, c, and G

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  11. 42match · #11

    Solway

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    x-height 19% taller · 18% heavier · 9% narrower

    Differs most from Erica Type in 3, g, and 1

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  12. 38match · #12

    CMU Concrete

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    18% narrower · x-height 9% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Erica Type in 0, u, and W

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The 100 fonts like Erica Type, measured

Erica Type is wider than most fonts like it: 79 of the 100 are narrower and 4 wider. Few keep Erica Type’s proportions: at most 21 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, CMU Typewriter Text the closest of them. 15 are monospaced fonts like Erica Type, and 62 serifs, 14 display faces, 6 sans serifs and 3 handwriting faces come close too, Photonico Code the closest of them. They part from Erica Type most often in o (32 of the 100), 1 (23) and t (21).

Questions about fonts like Erica Type

What is the closest font to Erica Type?

CMU Typewriter Text, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Erica Type, it is 13% narrower, with more stroke contrast. After it come Courier Prime (97) and Cutive Mono (97).

Is there a free alternative to Erica Type?

Erica Type is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and CMU Typewriter Text, Courier Prime and Cutive Mono come closest.