Fonts similar to Long Cang
The fonts most like Long Cang are Nanum Brush Script (88 out of 100), Reenie Beanie (85) and Nanum Pen Script (83), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 29–50% of the em (Long Cang’s is 45%) and lowercase letters 30–51% of the em wide (40%), and all twelve are handwriting faces too. Where they differ, most are heavier (ten of twelve).
Matched by the letters themselves · early version
The original · Long Cang
Find the font. Find its kind.Like Long Cang, but…
88match · #1
Nanum Brush Script
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 29% shorter · 37% heavier
Differs most from Long Cang in I, e, and s
85match · #2
Reenie Beanie
Find the font. Find its kind.15% narrower · x-height 9% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Long Cang in A, e, and y
83match · #3
Nanum Pen Script
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller · 11% heavier
Differs most from Long Cang in I, e, and y
81match · #4
Swanky and Moo Moo
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 26% shorter · 34% heavier · 12% wider
Differs most from Long Cang in y, I, and c
81match · #5
Gaegu
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% shorter · 27% heavier · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Long Cang in c, e, and d
75match · #6
Zeyada
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 15% shorter · 26% heavier · 13% narrower
Differs most from Long Cang in y, x, and I
75match · #7
Covered By Your Grace
Find the font. Find its kind.68% heavier · x-height 8% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Long Cang in O, I, and A
74match · #8
Slackside One
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 32% shorter · 43% heavier · 19% wider
Differs most from Long Cang in c, e, and a
70match · #9
Waiting for the Sunrise
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 10% taller · 18% lighter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Long Cang in J, I, and o
70match · #10
Architects Daughter
Find the font. Find its kind.28% wider · 31% heavier · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Long Cang in L, E, and I
70match · #11
Just Me Again Down Here
Find the font. Find its kind.116% heavier · x-height 36% shorter · 24% narrower
Differs most from Long Cang in p, Y, and y
69match · #12
Mynerve
Find the font. Find its kind.20% wider · more stroke contrast · 26% heavier
Differs most from Long Cang in c, 5, and p
The 100 fonts like Long Cang, measured
Long Cang has less stroke contrast than almost all the fonts like it: 71 of the 77 have more stroke contrast and 1 less. Few keep Long Cang’s proportions: at most 12 keep its width, within 3%, Nanum Pen Script the closest of them. 94 are handwriting faces like Long Cang, and 5 display faces and 1 serif come close too, Dokdo the closest of them. They part from Long Cang most often in Y (26 of the 100), y (22) and A (21).
Questions about fonts like Long Cang
What is the closest font to Long Cang?
Nanum Brush Script, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Long Cang, it is 37% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 29% shorter. After it come Reenie Beanie (85) and Nanum Pen Script (83).
Is there a free alternative to Long Cang?
Long Cang is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Nanum Brush Script, Reenie Beanie and Nanum Pen Script come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Schoolbell sets running text 1.1% wider, with an x-height 4.9% taller.