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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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  1. 96match · #1

    Dai Banna SIL

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    x-height 8% shorter · 16% heavier · 6% narrower

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in 1, 6, and 7

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  2. 77match · #2

    Halant

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    x-height 11% taller · more stroke contrast · 17% lighter

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, Q, and 1

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  3. 77match · #3

    Erode

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    more stroke contrast · 13% lighter

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, o, and 9

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  4. 71match · #4

    Fenix

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    8% heavier

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, 3, and t

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  5. 71match · #5

    Montaga

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    5% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in 0, D, and B

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  6. 71match · #6

    Bona Nova SC

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    more stroke contrast · 4% wider · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, Q, and O

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  7. 69match · #7

    Petrona

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    more stroke contrast · 5% wider

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in L, o, and j

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  8. 68match · #8

    Karma

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    x-height 8% taller · 4% wider · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, F, and E

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  9. 67match · #9

    Gambetta

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    more stroke contrast · 8% wider · 15% lighter

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, o, and B

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  10. 67match · #10

    UNAL Ancizar Serif

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    more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in 3, o, and C

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  11. 66match · #11

    Yrsa

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

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in o, C, and 4

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  12. 66match · #12

    Bona Nova

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    more stroke contrast · 4% wider · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Gentium Plus in C, 0, and o

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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

    20 narrower
    Dai Banna SIL 96 · 6% narrower
    Yrsa 66 · 5% narrower
    25 within 3%
    Halant 77 · 2.1% wider
    Erode 77 · 0.5% narrower
    55 wider
    Montaga 71 · 5% wider
    Bona Nova SC 71 · 4% wider
  • x-heightGentium Plus: 45% of the em

    38 shorter
    Dai Banna SIL 96 · x-height 8% shorter
    Bona Nova SC 71 · x-height 3% shorter
    23 within 3%
    Erode 77 · x-height 1.3% shorter
    Fenix 71 · x-height 0.9% shorter
    39 taller
    Halant 77 · x-height 11% taller
    Karma 68 · x-height 8% taller
  • InkGentium Plus: 40% ink

    23 lighter
    Halant 77 · 17% lighter
    Erode 77 · 13% lighter
    45 within 6%
    Montaga 71 · 1% lighter
    Bona Nova SC 71 · 1.3% heavier
    32 heavier
    Dai Banna SIL 96 · 16% heavier
    Fenix 71 · 8% heavier
  • ContrastGentium Plus: 1.41 : 1

    2 less contrast
    Montaga 71 · less stroke contrast
    Della Respira 49 · less stroke contrast
    12 within 12%
    Fenix 71
    Karma 68
    86 more contrast
    Dai Banna SIL 96 · more stroke contrast
    Halant 77 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesGentium Plus: 2 weights with italics

    50 in more weights
    Dai Banna SIL 96 · 5 weights
    Halant 77 · 5 weights
    23 variable
    Petrona 69 · 9 weights
    UNAL Ancizar Serif 67 · 7 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. C63 of 100
    2. o50 of 100
    3. 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.