Fonts similar to Kalam

The 100 fonts like Kalam, measured

Kalam has a taller x-height than most fonts like it: 75 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 16 a taller one. Few keep Kalam’s proportions: at most 11 keep its width, within 3%, Sedgwick Ave the closest of them. 92 are handwriting faces like Kalam, and 7 display faces and 1 sans serif come close too, Tillana the closest of them. They part from Kalam most often in 5 (32 of the 100), j (19) and x (17).

• WidthKalam: 45% of the em

  62 narrower

  Caveat 85 · 21% narrower

  Grape Nuts 80 · 10% narrower

  11 within 3%

  Sedgwick Ave 82 · 2.2% wider

  Sedgwick Ave Display 69 · 1.6% narrower

  27 wider

  Gveret Levin 91 · 19% wider

  Sriracha 79 · 9% wider

• x-heightKalam: 51% of the em

  75 shorter

  Caveat 85 · x-height 31% shorter

  Grape Nuts 80 · x-height 32% shorter

  9 within 3%

  Gveret Levin 91 · x-height 2.8% taller

  Courgette 78 · x-height 1% shorter

  16 taller

  Sedgwick Ave 82 · x-height 31% taller

  Fuzzy Bubbles 70 · x-height 4% taller

• InkKalam: 45% ink

  45 lighter

  Grape Nuts 80 · 20% lighter

  Nothing You Could Do 78 · 27% lighter

  11 within 6%

  Caveat 85 · 3.7% lighter

  Gloria Hallelujah 71 · 4.2% lighter

  44 heavier

  Gveret Levin 91 · 25% heavier

  Sedgwick Ave 82 · 8% heavier

• ContrastKalam: 1.32 : 1

  53 less contrast

  Gveret Levin 91 · less stroke contrast

  Caveat 85 · less stroke contrast

  14 within 12%

  Sedgwick Ave 82

  Sriracha 79

  17 more contrast

  Courgette 78 · more stroke contrast

  Mansalva 77 · more stroke contrast

• StylesKalam: 3 weights

  9 in more weights

  Caveat 85 · 4 weights

  Tillana 66 · 5 weights

  4 with italics

  Monaspace Radon 65 · 7 weights

  Shantell Sans 62 · 6 weights

  7 variable

  Caveat 85 · 4 weights

  Edu TAS Beginner 63 · 4 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 532 of 100
  2. j19 of 100
  3. x17 of 100