Fonts similar to Fraunces

The 100 fonts like Fraunces, measured

Fraunces is darker than most fonts like it: 68 of the 100 are lighter and 8 heavier. What they keep most is Fraunces’s x-height: 31 are within 3% of it, Shippori Mincho B1 the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Fraunces, and 1 display font comes close too: Monomakh. They part from Fraunces most often in 7 (45 of the 100), 4 (40) and 2 (35).

• WidthFraunces: 54% of the em

  63 narrower

  Gelasio 80 · 7% narrower

  Zen Old Mincho 80 · 12% narrower

  24 within 3%

  Shippori Mincho B1 86 · 0.4% narrower

  Zen Antique 83 · 1% wider

  13 wider

  UoqMunThenKhung 78 · 3% wider

  Kaisei Decol 75 · 3% wider

• x-heightFraunces: 47% of the em

  28 shorter

  Zen Old Mincho 80 · x-height 9% shorter

  Petrona 71 · x-height 6% shorter

  31 within 3%

  Shippori Mincho B1 86 · x-height 1.9% taller

  Zen Antique 83 · x-height 0.5% taller

  41 taller

  Gelasio 80 · x-height 3% taller

  UoqMunThenKhung 78 · x-height 15% taller

• InkFraunces: 46% ink

  68 lighter

  Shippori Mincho B1 86 · 26% lighter

  Zen Old Mincho 80 · 9% lighter

  24 within 6%

  Zen Antique 83 · 0.7% lighter

  Gelasio 80 · 3.3% lighter

  8 heavier

  Song Myung 77 · 9% heavier

  Indira K 70 · 8% heavier

• ContrastFraunces: 2.75 : 1

  35 less contrast

  Shippori Mincho B1 86 · less stroke contrast

  Gelasio 80 · less stroke contrast

  33 within 12%

  Song Myung 77

  Caudex 71

  31 more contrast

  Zen Antique 83 · more stroke contrast

  Zen Old Mincho 80 · more stroke contrast

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 745 of 100
  2. 440 of 100
  3. 235 of 100