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Fonts similar to Griffy

The fonts most like Griffy are Emilys Candy (88 out of 100), Fredericka the Great (86) and Kranky (75), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 41–86% of the em (Griffy’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 41–72% of the em wide (44%), and all twelve are display faces too. Where they differ, most are wider (eight of twelve).

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  1. 88match · #1

    Emilys Candy

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    more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Griffy in O, 6, and 0

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  2. 86match · #2

    Fredericka the Great

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    11% wider · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Griffy in e, A, and b

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  3. 75match · #3

    Kranky

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    x-height 18% shorter · 13% wider · 14% lighter

    Differs most from Griffy in d, y, and r

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  4. 74match · #4

    Mountains of Christmas

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    x-height 10% taller · 20% lighter · 9% narrower

    Differs most from Griffy in G, 5, and s

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  5. 72match · #5

    Tagesschrift

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    20% wider · 39% heavier · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Griffy in 5, 1, and 3

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  6. 65match · #6

    Unkempt

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    less stroke contrast · 9% wider · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Griffy in G, 7, and a

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  7. 65match · #7

    Flavors

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    x-height 37% taller · 13% heavier · 5% wider

    Differs most from Griffy in Y, c, and n

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  8. 64match · #8

    Metal Mania

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    x-height 18% taller · 27% heavier · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Griffy in G, 9, and 0

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  9. 63match · #9

    Snowburst One

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    x-height 40% taller · 35% wider · 49% lighter

    Differs most from Griffy in O, G, and Q

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  10. 63match · #10

    Eater

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    x-height 73% taller · 61% wider

    Differs most from Griffy in G, 5, and B

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  11. 60match · #11

    Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 14% heavier

    Differs most from Griffy in x, Y, and T

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  12. 59match · #12

    Special Elite

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    30% wider · less stroke contrast · 11% heavier

    Differs most from Griffy in W, 5, and A

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The 100 fonts like Griffy, measured

Griffy is narrower than most fonts like it: 66 of the 100 are wider and 20 narrower. Few keep Griffy’s proportions: at most 17 keep its x-height, within 3%, Emilys Candy the closest of them. 76 are display faces like Griffy, and 15 serifs, 8 handwriting faces and 1 sans serif come close too, Siren and Sailor the closest of them. They part from Griffy most often in G (33 of the 100), 5 (20) and n (17).

Questions about fonts like Griffy

What is the closest font to Griffy?

Emilys Candy, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Griffy, it has more stroke contrast. After it come Fredericka the Great (86) and Kranky (75).

Is there a free alternative to Griffy?

Griffy is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Emilys Candy, Fredericka the Great and Kranky come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Emilys Candy sets running text 1.2% wider, with an x-height 3.0% taller.