Fonts similar to Fairfax

The 100 fonts like Fairfax, measured

Fairfax has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 86 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 9 a shorter one. Few keep Fairfax’s proportions: at most 17 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP the closest of them. 27 are sans serifs like Fairfax, and 53 display faces, 15 monospaced fonts and 5 serifs come close too, ANAKRON the closest of them. They part from Fairfax most often in T (47 of the 100), L (33) and H (29).

• WidthFairfax: 50% of the em

  31 narrower

  VT323 61 · 20% narrower

  Fusion Pixel 12px Proportional JP 58 · 3% narrower

  16 within 3%

  Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP 95 · same width

  Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP 85 · same width

  53 wider

  ANAKRON 83 · 33% wider

  Undefined Medium 81 · 20% wider

• x-heightFairfax: 42% of the em

  9 shorter

  Jgs 72 · x-height 7% shorter

  VT323 61 · x-height 4% shorter

  5 within 3%

  ANAKRON 83 · same x-height

  Pixelserif 56 · x-height 0.1% shorter

  86 taller

  Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP 95 · x-height 20% taller

  Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP 85 · x-height 20% taller

• InkFairfax: 42% ink

  38 lighter

  Departure Mono 74 · 15% lighter

  Jgs 72 · 68% lighter

  17 within 6%

  Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP 95 · 4.2% lighter

  Undefined Medium 81 · 1% heavier

  45 heavier

  Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP 85 · 7% heavier

  ANAKRON 83 · 23% heavier

• StylesFairfax: 2 weights with italics

  21 in more weights

  Monocraft 72 · 5 weights

  Pixel Code 72 · 10 weights

  9 variable

  Pixelify Sans 54 · 4 weights

  Handjet 39 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. T47 of 100
  2. L33 of 100
  3. H29 of 100