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Fonts similar to Inconsolata

The fonts most like Inconsolata are Source Code Pro (82 out of 100), Nanum Gothic Coding (80) and Codetta (78), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–53% of the em (Inconsolata’s is 46%) and lowercase letters 50–64% of the em wide (50%), and ten of them are monospaced fonts too. Where they differ, most are wider (eight of twelve).

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  1. 82match · #1

    Source Code Pro

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    20% wider · x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Inconsolata in d, J, and 1

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  2. 80match · #2

    Nanum Gothic Coding

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Inconsolata in v, J, and u

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  3. 78match · #3

    Codetta

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    10% wider · x-height 6% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Inconsolata in k, 1, and s

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  4. 76match · #4

    Sometype Mono

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    16% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Inconsolata in 2, 3, and g

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  5. 75match · #5

    Anonymous Pro

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    9% wider

    Differs most from Inconsolata in J, x, and d

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  6. 73match · #6

    Datatype

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    x-height 13% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Inconsolata in t, r, and J

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  7. 69match · #7

    Lab Mono

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    28% wider · x-height 15% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Inconsolata in 9, J, and Q

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  8. 69match · #8

    Lekton

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    22% lighter · x-height 4% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Inconsolata in r, 0, and p

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  9. 68match · #9

    Ubuntu Mono

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    11% heavier

    Differs most from Inconsolata in g, d, and b

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  10. 67match · #10

    Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono

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    26% wider · x-height 9% taller

    Differs most from Inconsolata in J, 9, and Q

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  11. 66match · #11

    Necto Mono

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    22% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Inconsolata in J, 2, and 4

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  12. 65match · #12

    Overpass Mono

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    23% wider · x-height 12% taller

    Differs most from Inconsolata in g, J, and t

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The 100 fonts like Inconsolata, measured

Inconsolata has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 79 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 5 a shorter one. What they keep most is Inconsolata’s weight on the page: 51 are within 6% of it, Source Code Pro the closest of them. 52 are monospaced fonts like Inconsolata, and 45 sans serifs, 2 handwriting faces and 1 display font come close too, Nanum Gothic Coding the closest of them. They part from Inconsolata most often in J (48 of the 100), 0 (30) and t (23).

Questions about fonts like Inconsolata

What is the closest font to Inconsolata?

Source Code Pro, at 82 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Inconsolata, it is 20% wider, with an x-height 6% taller. After it come Nanum Gothic Coding (80) and Codetta (78).

Is there a free alternative to Inconsolata?

Inconsolata is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Source Code Pro, Nanum Gothic Coding and Codetta come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Nanum Gothic Coding sets running text to the same width, with the same x-height.