Fonts similar to Macondo

The 100 fonts like Macondo, measured

Macondo has less stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 76 of the 90 have more stroke contrast and 3 less. Few keep Macondo’s proportions: at most 18 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Shantell Sans the closest of them. 51 are display faces like Macondo, and 40 handwriting faces, 5 sans serifs, 3 monospaced fonts and 1 serif come close too, Delius the closest of them. They part from Macondo most often in 0 (37 of the 100), Q (28) and O (24).

• WidthMacondo: 46% of the em

  27 narrower

  Yeon Sung 67 · 3% narrower

  Single Day 55 · 8% narrower

  17 within 3%

  Akaya Kanadaka 71 · 2.8% narrower

  Overlock 69 · 2.2% narrower

  56 wider

  Overlock SC 77 · 8% wider

  Averia Gruesa Libre 64 · 7% wider

• x-heightMacondo: 46% of the em

  19 shorter

  Akaya Kanadaka 71 · x-height 11% shorter

  Sofadi One 57 · x-height 13% shorter

  13 within 3%

  Gluten 52 · x-height 2.9% taller

  Aladin 42 · x-height 0.8% taller

  68 taller

  Overlock SC 77 · x-height 15% taller

  Overlock 69 · x-height 4% taller

• InkMacondo: 42% ink

  38 lighter

  Overlock SC 77 · 23% lighter

  Overlock 69 · 9% lighter

  18 within 6%

  Shantell Sans 61 · 5.6% heavier

  Single Day 55 · 1.6% heavier

  44 heavier

  Akaya Kanadaka 71 · 37% heavier

  Yeon Sung 67 · 12% heavier

• ContrastMacondo: 0.84 : 1

  3 less contrast

  Syne Tactile 42 · less stroke contrast

  Dekko 39 · less stroke contrast

  11 within 12%

  Akaya Kanadaka 71

  Single Day 55

  76 more contrast

  Overlock SC 77 · more stroke contrast

  Overlock 69 · more stroke contrast

• StylesMacondo: one weight

  32 in more weights

  Overlock 69 · 3 weights

  Shantell Sans 61 · 6 weights

  13 with italics

  Overlock 69 · 3 weights

  Shantell Sans 61 · 6 weights

  11 variable

  Shantell Sans 61 · 6 weights

  Gluten 52 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 037 of 100
  2. Q28 of 100
  3. O24 of 100