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Fonts similar to GFS Didot

The fonts most like GFS Didot are Old Standard TT (82 out of 100), Hausschrift (81) and Zodiak (81), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 42–50% of the em (GFS Didot’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 46–58% of the em wide (50%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have more stroke contrast (seven of twelve).

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  1. 82match · #1

    Old Standard TT

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    more stroke contrast · 12% lighter · 4% narrower

    Differs most from GFS Didot in b, 4, and c

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  2. 81match · #2

    Hausschrift

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    x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast · 3% narrower

    Differs most from GFS Didot in c, 4, and z

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  3. 81match · #3

    Zodiak

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    13% wider · x-height 9% taller · 8% lighter

    Differs most from GFS Didot in 2, b, and 7

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  4. 81match · #4

    Brygada 1918

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    6% wider

    Differs most from GFS Didot in i, S, and 4

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  5. 78match · #5

    Cantata One

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    15% wider · 21% heavier · x-height 10% taller

    Differs most from GFS Didot in 1, 4, and t

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  6. 78match · #6

    Unna

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

    Differs most from GFS Didot in b, f, and 4

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  7. 77match · #7

    Bentinck

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 10% taller · 7% wider

    Differs most from GFS Didot in c, g, and 7

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  8. 76match · #8

    Libre Bodoni

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    more stroke contrast · 22% heavier

    Differs most from GFS Didot in W, 1, and 8

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  9. 76match · #9

    Taviraj

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    4% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from GFS Didot in c, 4, and 7

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  10. 76match · #10

    CMU Serif

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    15% lighter · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from GFS Didot in 4, u, and j

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  11. 76match · #11

    Frank Ruhl Libre

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from GFS Didot in I, 4, and c

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  12. 74match · #12

    Abhaya Libre

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    x-height 9% shorter · 8% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from GFS Didot in b, 1, and g

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The 100 fonts like GFS Didot, measured

Fonts like GFS Didot lean most in x-height, where 58 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 26 a shorter one. What they keep most is GFS Didot’s weight on the page: 38 are within 6% of it, Hausschrift the closest of them. 99 are serifs like GFS Didot, and 1 monospace font comes close too: New Heterodox Mono. They part from GFS Didot most often in 1 (34 of the 100), c (27) and i (25).

Questions about fonts like GFS Didot

What is the closest font to GFS Didot?

Old Standard TT, at 82 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to GFS Didot, it is 12% lighter and 4% narrower, with more stroke contrast. After it come Hausschrift (81) and Zodiak (81).

Is there a free alternative to GFS Didot?

GFS Didot is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Old Standard TT, Hausschrift and Zodiak come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Brygada 1918 sets running text 2.1% wider, with an x-height 0.9% taller.