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Fonts similar to Lateef

The fonts most like Lateef are Ramsina (100 out of 100), Crimson Pro (100) and Markazi Text (93), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 30–44% of the em (Lateef’s is 34%) and lowercase letters 33–49% of the em wide (38%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (ten of twelve).

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  1. 100match · #1

    Ramsina

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    24% heavier · x-height 11% shorter · 8% narrower

    Differs most from Lateef in 1 and 7

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  2. 100match · #2

    Crimson Pro

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    x-height 24% taller · 22% wider · 12% lighter

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  3. 93match · #3

    Markazi Text

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    x-height 7% taller · 11% heavier

    Differs most from Lateef in y, b, and c

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  4. 91match · #4

    Peddana

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    14% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Lateef in y, r, and b

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  5. 83match · #5

    Suravaram

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    9% wider · 13% lighter · x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Lateef in y, b, and i

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  6. 80match · #6

    Yrsa

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    x-height 23% taller · 19% wider · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Lateef in y, c, and 4

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  7. 76match · #7

    Parastoo

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    x-height 11% taller · 20% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Lateef in y, r, and 6

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  8. 74match · #8

    Neuton

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    x-height 27% taller · 14% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Lateef in y, e, and J

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  9. 72match · #9

    Ramaraja

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 15% taller · 12% wider

    Differs most from Lateef in y, e, and V

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  10. 69match · #10

    Balthazar

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    x-height 18% taller · 14% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Lateef in y, c, and a

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  11. 64match · #11

    Bona Nova SC

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    30% wider · x-height 30% taller · 17% lighter

    Differs most from Lateef in Q, E, and T

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  12. 62match · #12

    Namdhinggo

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    x-height 27% taller · 19% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Lateef in y, r, and C

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The 100 fonts like Lateef, measured

Lateef has a shorter x-height than almost all the fonts like it: 95 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 4 a shorter one. Few keep Lateef’s proportions: at most 8 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Neuton the closest of them. 95 are serifs like Lateef, and 3 display faces and 2 sans serifs come close too, Katibeh the closest of them. They part from Lateef most often in y (55 of the 100), r (23) and N (18).

Questions about fonts like Lateef

What is the closest font to Lateef?

Ramsina, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Lateef, it is 24% heavier and 8% narrower, with an x-height 11% shorter. After it come Crimson Pro (100) and Markazi Text (93).

Is there a free alternative to Lateef?

Lateef is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Ramsina, Crimson Pro and Markazi Text come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Katibeh sets running text 1.9% narrower, with an x-height 2.0% shorter.