Fonts similar to Instrument Serif

The 100 fonts like Instrument Serif, measured

Instrument Serif is narrower than almost all the fonts like it: 94 of the 100 are wider and 3 narrower. Few keep Instrument Serif’s proportions: at most 23 keep its x-height, within 3%, Libre Caslon Condensed the closest of them. 96 are serifs like Instrument Serif, and 4 display faces come close too, Aujournuit Densed the closest of them. They part from Instrument Serif most often in 7 (40 of the 100), W (38) and 4 (24).

• WidthInstrument Serif: 39% of the em

  3 narrower

  Aujournuit Condensed 70 · 13% narrower

  Imbue 68 · 16% narrower

  3 within 3%

  Hina Mincho 74 · 1.1% wider

  Aujournuit Densed 70 · 1.6% wider

  94 wider

  Libre Caslon Condensed 78 · 10% wider

  Gambarino 78 · 23% wider

• x-heightInstrument Serif: 51% of the em

  70 shorter

  Hina Mincho 74 · x-height 25% shorter

  Shippori Mincho B1 73 · x-height 6% shorter

  23 within 3%

  Libre Caslon Condensed 78 · x-height 2.8% taller

  Bonny 73 · x-height 2.9% taller

  7 taller

  Gambarino 78 · x-height 4% taller

  Kaisei Decol 66 · x-height 6% taller

• InkInstrument Serif: 38% ink

  28 lighter

  Bonny 73 · 30% lighter

  Shippori Mincho B1 73 · 10% lighter

  22 within 6%

  Gupter 73 · 3.1% heavier

  Oranienbaum 68 · 1.3% lighter

  50 heavier

  Libre Caslon Condensed 78 · 13% heavier

  Gambarino 78 · 7% heavier

• ContrastInstrument Serif: 3.04 : 1

  49 less contrast

  Libre Caslon Condensed 78 · less stroke contrast

  Bonny 73 · less stroke contrast

  21 within 12%

  Hina Mincho 74

  Zen Old Mincho 72

  30 more contrast

  Gambarino 78 · more stroke contrast

  Libre Caslon Display 72 · more stroke contrast

• StylesInstrument Serif: one weight with an italic

  60 in more weights

  Libre Caslon Condensed 78 · 4 weights

  Bonny 73 · 5 weights

  20 variable

  Libre Caslon Condensed 78 · 4 weights

  Gelasio 72 · 4 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 740 of 100
  2. W38 of 100
  3. 424 of 100