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Fonts similar to Frank Ruhl Libre

The fonts most like Frank Ruhl Libre are STIX Two Text (88 out of 100), Taviraj (84) and Unna (84), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–51% of the em (Frank Ruhl Libre’s is 47%) and lowercase letters 46–56% of the em wide (49%), and all twelve are serifs too.

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  1. 88match · #1

    STIX Two Text

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 7, 1, and Q

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  2. 84match · #2

    Taviraj

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    7% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in c, 6, and e

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  3. 84match · #3

    Unna

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    x-height 10% shorter · 8% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 6, J, and 9

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  4. 83match · #4

    BJCree

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    x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 6, 5, and Q

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  5. 83match · #5

    Hausschrift

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    x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 6 and 9

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  6. 82match · #6

    Judson

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    x-height 6% shorter · 3% narrower

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in g, Q, and 2

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  7. 80match · #7

    Literata

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    13% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 1, Q, and j

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  8. 79match · #8

    Inria Serif

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    6% wider · x-height 6% taller · 11% lighter

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in s, 4, and t

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  9. 78match · #9

    CMU Serif

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    x-height 8% shorter · 15% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 6, O, and 9

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  10. 78match · #10

    Caladea

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    less stroke contrast · 11% heavier · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in Z, 4, and G

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  11. 77match · #11

    Old Standard TT

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    13% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in 7, 6, and 9

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  12. 76match · #12

    Brygada 1918

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    8% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Frank Ruhl Libre in p, I, and b

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The 100 fonts like Frank Ruhl Libre, measured

Fonts like Frank Ruhl Libre lean most in stroke contrast, where 46 of the 99 have less stroke contrast and 28 more. What they keep most is Frank Ruhl Libre’s weight on the page: 39 are within 6% of it, STIX Two Text the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Frank Ruhl Libre, and 1 sans serif comes close too: Nuosu SIL. They part from Frank Ruhl Libre most often in 7 (28 of the 100), 1 (26) and e (21).

  • WidthFrank Ruhl Libre: 49% of the em

    25 narrower
    Unna 84 · 8% narrower
    Judson 82 · 3% narrower
    29 within 3%
    STIX Two Text 88 · 2.4% narrower
    BJCree 83 · 0.3% narrower
    46 wider
    Taviraj 84 · 7% wider
    Literata 80 · 13% wider

  • x-heightFrank Ruhl Libre: 47% of the em

    34 shorter
    Unna 84 · x-height 10% shorter
    BJCree 83 · x-height 8% shorter
    29 within 3%
    STIX Two Text 88 · x-height 1% taller
    Taviraj 84 · x-height 0.4% taller
    37 taller
    Literata 80 · x-height 8% taller
    Inria Serif 79 · x-height 6% taller

  • InkFrank Ruhl Libre: 40% ink

    27 lighter
    Inria Serif 79 · 11% lighter
    CMU Serif 78 · 15% lighter
    39 within 6%
    STIX Two Text 88 · 5.4% heavier
    Taviraj 84 · 1.2% lighter
    34 heavier
    Unna 84 · 6% heavier
    Literata 80 · 11% heavier

  • ContrastFrank Ruhl Libre: 2.92 : 1

    46 less contrast
    STIX Two Text 88 · less stroke contrast
    Taviraj 84 · less stroke contrast
    25 within 12%
    BJCree 83
    Hausschrift 83
    28 more contrast
    Unna 84 · more stroke contrast
    CMU Serif 78 · more stroke contrast

  • StylesFrank Ruhl Libre: 7 weights

    7 in more weights
    Taviraj 84 · 9 weights
    Literata 80 · 8 weights
    55 with italics
    STIX Two Text 88 · 4 weights
    Taviraj 84 · 9 weights

  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. 728 of 100
    2. 126 of 100
    3. e21 of 100

Questions about fonts like Frank Ruhl Libre

What is the closest font to Frank Ruhl Libre?

STIX Two Text, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Frank Ruhl Libre, it has less stroke contrast. After it come Taviraj (84) and Unna (84).

Is there a free alternative to Frank Ruhl Libre?

Frank Ruhl Libre is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and STIX Two Text, Taviraj and Unna come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Old Standard TT sets running text 1.4% narrower, with an x-height 2.6% shorter.