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Fonts similar to Glide

The fonts most like Glide are Radio Canada Big (87 out of 100), Mluvka (81) and Rag (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 50–56% of the em (Glide’s is 53%) and lowercase letters 49–57% of the em wide (52%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are lighter (eight of twelve).

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  1. 87match · #1

    Radio Canada Big

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Glide in O and Q

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  2. 81match · #2

    Mluvka

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    4% wider · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Glide in o, 9, and 0

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  3. 80match · #3

    Rag

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    13% lighter · 6% wider

    Differs most from Glide in 3, i, and t

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  4. 78match · #4

    BDO Grotesk

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    7% wider · x-height 6% taller · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Glide in O, 3, and C

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  5. 78match · #5

    Scoutie Sans

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    11% lighter · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Glide in I, g, and i

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  6. 77match · #6

    Fixel

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    22% lighter

    Differs most from Glide in o, g, and 7

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  7. 77match · #7

    Argentum Sans

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    11% wider

    Differs most from Glide in l, 7, and 5

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  8. 77match · #8

    Kecal

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    x-height 4% shorter · 3% narrower

    Differs most from Glide in 3, t, and o

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  9. 77match · #9

    Liter

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    11% lighter · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Glide in 3, i, and 7

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  10. 77match · #10

    Ronzino

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    12% lighter · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Glide in Q, i, and 3

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  11. 76match · #11

    Geologica

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    x-height 7% shorter · 5% wider

    Differs most from Glide in o, 0, and 4

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  12. 76match · #12

    TikTok Sans

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    6% narrower · 9% lighter · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Glide in j, o, and 9

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The 100 fonts like Glide, measured

Glide is darker than most fonts like it: 84 of the 100 are lighter and 4 heavier. What they keep most is Glide’s width: 49 are within 3% of it, Radio Canada Big the closest of them. They part from Glide most often in 3 (53 of the 100), o (38) and Q (18).

Questions about fonts like Glide

What is the closest font to Glide?

Radio Canada Big, at 87 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Glide, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come Mluvka (81) and Rag (80).

Is there a free alternative to Glide?

Glide is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Radio Canada Big, Mluvka and Rag come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Radio Canada Big sets running text 1.7% narrower, with the same x-height.