Fonts similar to Gentium Plus
The fonts most like Gentium Plus are Dai Banna SIL (96 out of 100), Halant (77) and Erode (77), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–50% of the em (Gentium Plus’s is 45%) and lowercase letters 44–51% of the em wide (47%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have more stroke contrast (eight of twelve).
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Find the font. Find its kind.Gentium Plus's letters under another nameGentium Book PlusNamdhinggo
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96match · #1
Dai Banna SIL
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 8% shorter · 16% heavier · 6% narrower
Differs most from Gentium Plus in 1, 6, and 7
77match · #2
Halant
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 11% taller · more stroke contrast · 17% lighter
Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, Q, and 1
77match · #3
Erode
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 13% lighter
Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, o, and 9
71match · #4
71match · #5
Montaga
Find the font. Find its kind.5% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Gentium Plus in 0, D, and B
71match · #6
Bona Nova SC
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 4% wider · x-height 3% shorter
Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, Q, and O
69match · #7
Petrona
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 5% wider
Differs most from Gentium Plus in L, o, and j
68match · #8
Karma
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 8% taller · 4% wider · 8% lighter
Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, F, and E
67match · #9
Gambetta
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 8% wider · 15% lighter
Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, o, and B
67match · #10
UNAL Ancizar Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast
Differs most from Gentium Plus in 3, o, and C
66match · #11
Yrsa
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter · 10% heavier
Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, C, and 4
66match · #12
Bona Nova
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 4% wider · x-height 3% shorter
Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, 0, and o
The 100 fonts like Gentium Plus, measured
Gentium Plus has less stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 86 of the 100 have more stroke contrast and 2 less. What they keep most is Gentium Plus’s weight on the page: 45 are within 6% of it, Montaga the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Gentium Plus, and 1 display font comes close too: Shafarik. They part from Gentium Plus most often in C (63 of the 100), o (50) and Q (19).
WidthGentium Plus: 47% of the em
x-heightGentium Plus: 45% of the em
InkGentium Plus: 40% ink
ContrastGentium Plus: 1.41 : 1
StylesGentium Plus: 2 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- C63 of 100
- o50 of 100
- Q19 of 100
Questions about fonts like Gentium Plus
What is the closest font to Gentium Plus?
Dai Banna SIL, at 96 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Gentium Plus, it is 16% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 8% shorter. After it come Halant (77) and Erode (77).
Is there a free alternative to Gentium Plus?
Gentium Plus is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Dai Banna SIL, Halant and Erode come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Erode sets running text 0.8% narrower, with an x-height 1.3% shorter.