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Fonts similar to Jacques Francois

The fonts most like Jacques Francois are Castoro (85 out of 100), IM Fell French Canon (81) and Sedan (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 39–51% of the em (Jacques Francois’s is 43%) and lowercase letters 47–53% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (seven of twelve).

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  1. 85match · #1

    Castoro

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    x-height 10% taller · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 0, 2, and 8

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  2. 81match · #2

    IM Fell French Canon

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    x-height 11% taller · 15% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, 5, and 4

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  3. 79match · #3

    Sedan

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, e, and c

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  4. 79match · #4

    Baskervville

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    16% lighter

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, 0, and u

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  5. 79match · #5

    IM Fell French Canon SC

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    28% lighter · x-height 11% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, 5, and 4

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  6. 77match · #6

    Rosarivo

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    x-height 18% taller · less stroke contrast · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, y, and t

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  7. 76match · #7

    Vollkorn

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in t, 8, and 6

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  8. 76match · #8

    Bentham

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    x-height 11% shorter · more stroke contrast · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in B, 0, and T

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  9. 76match · #9

    Sorts Mill Goudy

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    13% lighter · less stroke contrast · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, O, and v

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  10. 72match · #10

    Radley

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 8, 0, and 7

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  11. 71match · #11

    Buenard

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    8% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in B, 8, and 0

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  12. 71match · #12

    Average

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    less stroke contrast · 6% narrower · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Jacques Francois in 0, 4, and 2

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The 100 fonts like Jacques Francois, measured

Jacques Francois has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 63 of the 99 have less stroke contrast and 18 more. What they keep most is Jacques Francois’s weight on the page: 45 are within 6% of it, Sedan the closest of them. 98 are serifs like Jacques Francois, and 2 display faces come close too, Libertinus Serif Display the closest of them. They part from Jacques Francois most often in 0 (76 of the 100), 2 (40) and 8 (39).

Questions about fonts like Jacques Francois

What is the closest font to Jacques Francois?

Castoro, at 85 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Jacques Francois, it is 9% heavier, with an x-height 10% taller. After it come IM Fell French Canon (81) and Sedan (79).

Is there a free alternative to Jacques Francois?

Jacques Francois is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Castoro, IM Fell French Canon and Sedan come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Indira K sets running text 0.9% narrower, with an x-height 2.1% shorter.