Fonts similar to Excon
The fonts most like Excon are Prompt (85 out of 100), Commissioner (81) and Varela (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 47–58% of the em (Excon’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 52–57% of the em wide (54%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.
Matched by the letters themselves · early version
The original · Excon
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85match · #1
Prompt
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast · 10% heavier
Differs most from Excon in Q and R
81match · #2
Commissioner
Find the font. Find its kind.5% narrower · x-height 4% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Excon in g, p, and 5
79match · #3
Varela
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Excon in t, i, and 1
79match · #4
78match · #5
M PLUS 2
Find the font. Find its kind.12% lighter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Excon in Q, M, and 7
78match · #6
Gantari
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 9% shorter · 4% narrower · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Excon in 3, F, and s
78match · #7
77match · #8
Geomini
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 12% taller · 4% wider · 7% lighter
Differs most from Excon in 9, 1, and Q
77match · #9
Geologica
Find the font. Find its kind.21% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Excon in g, 4, and 3
76match · #10
Be Vietnam Pro
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast
Differs most from Excon in a, 7, and S
76match · #11
Kripa
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 5% taller · 10% lighter
Differs most from Excon in S, 5, and G
75match · #12
Argentum Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.16% heavier · 5% wider · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Excon in l, 4, and 5
The 100 fonts like Excon, measured
Fonts like Excon lean most in width, where 55 of the 100 are narrower and 12 wider. What they keep most is Excon’s weight on the page: 54 are within 6% of it, Commissioner the closest of them. They part from Excon most often in 9 (23 of the 100), 3 (23) and g (18).
WidthExcon: 54% of the em
x-heightExcon: 52% of the em
InkExcon: 42% ink
ContrastExcon: 1.04 : 1
- 0 less contrast
- None
StylesExcon: 6 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- 923 of 100
- 323 of 100
- g18 of 100
Questions about fonts like Excon
What is the closest font to Excon?
Prompt, at 85 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Excon, it is 10% heavier, with an x-height 7% shorter and more stroke contrast. After it come Commissioner (81) and Varela (79).
Is there a free alternative to Excon?
Excon is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Prompt, Commissioner and Varela.