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Fonts similar to Junicode

The fonts most like Junicode are Crimson Text (89 out of 100), Libertinus Serif (87) and Amiri (87), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 38–47% of the em (Junicode’s is 42%) and lowercase letters 40–50% of the em wide (43%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (eight of twelve).

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  1. 89match · #1

    Crimson Text

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Junicode in 4

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  2. 87match · #2

    Libertinus Serif

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    8% wider · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from Junicode in 4, Q, and t

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  3. 87match · #3

    Amiri

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Junicode in 4

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  4. 86match · #4

    ET Book

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    5% wider

    Differs most from Junicode in 4

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  5. 83match · #5

    EB Garamond

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    x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Junicode in 5, 9, and 6

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  6. 81match · #6

    Elstob

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    9% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Junicode in L

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  7. 80match · #7

    Lusitana

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    11% wider · less stroke contrast · 8% heavier

    Differs most from Junicode in 4, 5, and j

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  8. 78match · #8

    Hina Mincho

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    x-height 9% shorter · 9% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Junicode in 7, Z, and S

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  9. 77match · #9

    ElstobP

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    6% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Junicode in L

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  10. 75match · #10

    Nanum Myeongjo

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    14% wider · 26% lighter · x-height 12% taller

    Differs most from Junicode in 4, Q, and 1

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  11. 74match · #11

    Sedan

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    15% wider · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Junicode in 0, 1, and 4

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  12. 74match · #12

    Ovo

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    14% wider · x-height 9% taller · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Junicode in 9, 6, and s

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The 100 fonts like Junicode, measured

Junicode is narrower than most fonts like it: 82 of the 100 are wider and 4 narrower. What they keep most is Junicode’s weight on the page: 41 are within 6% of it, Crimson Text the closest of them. 97 are serifs like Junicode, and 2 display faces and 1 monospace font come close too, Libertinus Serif Display the closest of them. They part from Junicode most often in 4 (72 of the 100), 0 (18) and W (17).

Questions about fonts like Junicode

What is the closest font to Junicode?

Crimson Text, at 89 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Junicode, it has less stroke contrast. After it come Libertinus Serif (87) and Amiri (87).

Is there a free alternative to Junicode?

Junicode is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Crimson Text, Libertinus Serif and Amiri come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Crimson Text sets running text 1.2% wider, with an x-height 1.4% taller.