Fonts similar to kirsch
The fonts most like kirsch are TeraFont (86 out of 100), Unifont (85) and Bytesized (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 25–75% of the em (kirsch’s is 31%) and lowercase letters 25–100% of the em wide (38%), and two of them are monospaced fonts too. Where they differ, most are wider (nine of twelve).
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Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 60% taller · 33% wider · 18% heavier
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Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 60% taller · 40% wider · 15% heavier
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56match · #12
The 100 fonts like kirsch, measured
kirsch has a shorter x-height than most fonts like it: 86 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 8 a shorter one. Few keep kirsch’s proportions: at most 14 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, TeraFont the closest of them. 15 are monospaced fonts like kirsch, and 39 sans serifs, 38 display faces, 6 handwriting faces and 2 serifs come close too, Unifont the closest of them. They part from kirsch most often in P (28 of the 100), R (24) and N (21).
Widthkirsch: 38% of the em
x-heightkirsch: 31% of the em
Inkkirsch: 44% ink
Styleskirsch: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- P28 of 100
- R24 of 100
- N21 of 100
Questions about fonts like kirsch
What is the closest font to kirsch?
TeraFont, at 86 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to kirsch, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come Unifont (85) and Bytesized (80).
Is there a free alternative to kirsch?
kirsch is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and TeraFont, Unifont and Bytesized come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, TeraFont sets running text to the same width, with the same x-height.