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Fonts similar to Hoover

The fonts most like Hoover are Graduate (100 out of 100), Kelly Slab (63) and Tourney (60), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–77% of the em (Hoover’s is 47%) and lowercase letters 47–80% of the em wide (50%), and four of them are serifs too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (ten of twelve).

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  1. 100match · #1

    Graduate

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    x-height 39% taller · 34% wider · 16% lighter

    Differs most from Hoover in 1, W, and E

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  2. 63match · #2

    Kelly Slab

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    x-height 7% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Hoover in y, B, and b

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  3. 60match · #3

    Tourney

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    18% wider · x-height 15% taller · 19% lighter

    Differs most from Hoover in w, V, and Y

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  4. 57match · #4

    Kode Mono

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    21% wider · x-height 13% taller · 20% lighter

    Differs most from Hoover in K, W, and H

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  5. 53match · #5

    Underdog

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    x-height 9% taller · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Hoover in k, j, and i

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  6. 52match · #6

    Vast Shadow

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    62% wider · 14% heavier

    Differs most from Hoover in B, V, and 8

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  7. 51match · #7

    Doergon

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    x-height 64% taller · 36% wider · 24% heavier

    Differs most from Hoover in O, D, and S

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  8. 50match · #8

    Glyphs Sapperlot

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    x-height 50% taller

    Differs most from Hoover in A, Z, and U

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  9. 47match · #9

    Alike Angular

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 4% wider

    Differs most from Hoover in Z, F, and H

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  10. 47match · #10

    Arvo

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    12% wider · x-height 8% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Hoover in 6, 5, and G

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  11. 46match · #11

    Nippo

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    x-height 15% taller · 5% wider · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Hoover in N, L, and l

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  12. 45match · #12

    Isar CAT

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    16% heavier · x-height 6% shorter · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Hoover in j, B, and S

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The 100 fonts like Hoover, measured

Hoover has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 75 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 11 a shorter one. What they keep most is Hoover’s weight on the page: 32 are within 6% of it, Kelly Slab the closest of them. 58 are serifs like Hoover, and 26 display faces, 11 sans serifs and 5 monospaced fonts come close too, Kelly Slab the closest of them. They part from Hoover most often in 6 (34 of the 100), 9 (26) and 8 (19).

Questions about fonts like Hoover

What is the closest font to Hoover?

Graduate, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Hoover, it is 34% wider and 16% lighter, with an x-height 39% taller. After it come Kelly Slab (63) and Tourney (60).

Is there a free alternative to Hoover?

Hoover is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Graduate, Kelly Slab and Tourney.