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Fonts similar to Guidy

The fonts most like Guidy are Varela (85 out of 100), Prompt (83) and Argentum Sans (82), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–55% of the em (Guidy’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 50–59% of the em wide (55%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.

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  1. 85match · #1

    Varela

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Guidy in i, j, and l

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  2. 83match · #2

    Prompt

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

    Differs most from Guidy in l, i, and j

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  3. 82match · #3

    Argentum Sans

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    15% heavier · 4% wider

    Differs most from Guidy in i, j, and 4

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  4. 80match · #4

    DejaVu Sans

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    x-height 5% taller · 6% lighter

    Differs most from Guidy in i, j, and l

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  5. 78match · #5

    Garcia

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    x-height 12% shorter · 10% narrower

    Differs most from Guidy in i, j, and g

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  6. 76match · #6

    Biryani

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    x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Guidy in i, j, and 9

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  7. 76match · #7

    Sora

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    5% wider

    Differs most from Guidy in l, 4, and 2

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  8. 75match · #8

    Open Sauce One

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    x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Guidy in i, j, and C

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  9. 75match · #9

    Excon

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Guidy in i, l, and j

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  10. 74match · #10

    Geom

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    8% narrower · 12% heavier · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Guidy in i, l, and t

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  11. 73match · #11

    M PLUS U

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    16% lighter · 7% wider

    Differs most from Guidy in j, i, and Q

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  12. 73match · #12

    Golos Text

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Guidy in C, i, and j

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The 100 fonts like Guidy, measured

Guidy is wider than most fonts like it: 66 of the 100 are narrower and 7 wider. What they keep most is Guidy’s weight on the page: 59 are within 6% of it, Varela the closest of them. They part from Guidy most often in i (88 of the 100), l (57) and j (54).

  • WidthGuidy: 55% of the em

    66 narrower
    Garcia 78 · 10% narrower
    Geom 74 · 8% narrower
    27 within 3%
    Varela 85 · 2.4% narrower
    Prompt 83 · 0.1% narrower
    7 wider
    Argentum Sans 82 · 4% wider
    Sora 76 · 5% wider

  • x-heightGuidy: 52% of the em

    40 shorter
    Prompt 83 · x-height 8% shorter
    Garcia 78 · x-height 12% shorter
    45 within 3%
    Varela 85 · x-height 1.9% shorter
    Argentum Sans 82 · x-height 2.3% taller
    15 taller
    DejaVu Sans 80 · x-height 5% taller
    Biryani 76 · x-height 6% taller

  • InkGuidy: 42% ink

    26 lighter
    DejaVu Sans 80 · 6% lighter
    M PLUS U 73 · 16% lighter
    59 within 6%
    Varela 85 · 0.5% heavier
    Garcia 78 · 3.9% lighter
    15 heavier
    Prompt 83 · 10% heavier
    Argentum Sans 82 · 15% heavier

  • ContrastGuidy: 1.13 : 1

    2 less contrast
    Zerove 71 · less stroke contrast
    Savate 68 · less stroke contrast
    88 within 12%
    Varela 85
    Argentum Sans 82
    9 more contrast
    Prompt 83 · more stroke contrast
    Inder 72 · more stroke contrast

  • StylesGuidy: one weight

    86 in more weights
    Prompt 83 · 9 weights
    Argentum Sans 82 · 9 weights
    54 with italics
    Prompt 83 · 9 weights
    Argentum Sans 82 · 9 weights
    57 variable
    Sora 76 · 8 weights
    Geom 74 · 7 weights

  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. i88 of 100
    2. l57 of 100
    3. j54 of 100

Questions about fonts like Guidy

What is the closest font to Guidy?

Varela, at 85 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Guidy, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come Prompt (83) and Argentum Sans (82).

Is there a free alternative to Guidy?

Guidy is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Varela, Prompt and Argentum Sans come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Varela sets running text 2.7% narrower, with an x-height 1.9% shorter.