Fonts similar to IBM Plex Sans

The 100 fonts like IBM Plex Sans, measured

Fonts like IBM Plex Sans lean most in weight on the page, where 53 of the 100 are heavier and 6 lighter. What they keep most is IBM Plex Sans’s x-height: 54 are within 3% of it, Schibsted Grotesk the closest of them. 99 are sans serifs like IBM Plex Sans, and 1 monospace font comes close too: Lilex. They part from IBM Plex Sans most often in I (73 of the 100), Q (28) and g (24).

• WidthIBM Plex Sans: 51% of the em

  28 narrower

  Phlatt Grotesk 76 · 3% narrower

  Sarabun 76 · 4% narrower

  32 within 3%

  Asta Sans 79 · 1.7% wider

  Supreme 74 · 1.6% narrower

  40 wider

  Schibsted Grotesk 81 · 4% wider

  Comme 73 · 5% wider

• x-heightIBM Plex Sans: 52% of the em

  31 shorter

  Phlatt Grotesk 76 · x-height 8% shorter

  Sarabun 76 · x-height 3% shorter

  54 within 3%

  Schibsted Grotesk 81 · x-height 2.1% taller

  Asta Sans 79 · x-height 2.1% shorter

  15 taller

  Vend Sans 73 · x-height 7% taller

  Mozilla Text 69 · x-height 3% taller

• InkIBM Plex Sans: 39% ink

  6 lighter

  News Cycle 70 · 6% lighter

  Lilex 65 · 9% lighter

  41 within 6%

  Schibsted Grotesk 81 · 2.4% heavier

  Asta Sans 79 · 5.2% heavier

  53 heavier

  Sarabun 76 · 10% heavier

  Vend Sans 73 · 10% heavier

• ContrastIBM Plex Sans: 1.21 : 1

  2 less contrast

  Phlatt Grotesk 76 · less stroke contrast

  Fixel 67 · less stroke contrast

  89 within 12%

  Schibsted Grotesk 81

  Asta Sans 79

  8 more contrast

  Comme 73 · more stroke contrast

  Aileron 69 · more stroke contrast

• StylesIBM Plex Sans: 7 weights with italics

  36 in more weights

  Sarabun 76 · 8 weights

  Comme 73 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. I73 of 100
  2. Q28 of 100
  3. g24 of 100