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Fonts similar to Mako

The fonts most like Mako are Titillium Web (84 out of 100), Rambla (78) and Actor (78), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–58% of the em (Mako’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 46–60% of the em wide (49%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.

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  1. 84match · #1

    Titillium Web

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    6% lighter

    Differs most from Mako in g, K, and Z

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  2. 78match · #2

    Rambla

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    4% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Mako in g, l, and i

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  3. 78match · #3

    Actor

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Mako in 0, i, and 7

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  4. 78match · #4

    Blinker

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Mako in 4, M, and Z

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  5. 78match · #5

    Voces

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    8% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from Mako in b, K, and 5

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  6. 77match · #6

    Expose

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    13% heavier · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Mako in g, 7, and l

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  7. 76match · #7

    Sintony

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    x-height 14% taller · 13% wider · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Mako in g, 1, and j

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  8. 76match · #8

    Inria Sans

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Mako in b, t, and g

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  9. 76match · #9

    Skeena Indigenous

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    x-height 8% shorter · more stroke contrast · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Mako in g, j, and 7

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  10. 76match · #10

    Armata

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    23% wider · x-height 16% taller · 20% lighter

    Differs most from Mako in d, 7, and K

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  11. 75match · #11

    Gudea

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    11% lighter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Mako in M, 7, and Q

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  12. 75match · #12

    Clear Sans

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    3% wider

    Differs most from Mako in M, I, and q

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The 100 fonts like Mako, measured

Fonts like Mako lean most in x-height, where 44 of the 100 have a taller x-height and 14 a shorter one. What they keep most is Mako’s weight on the page: 45 are within 6% of it, Actor the closest of them. They part from Mako most often in g (36 of the 100), q (25) and b (22).

Questions about fonts like Mako

What is the closest font to Mako?

Titillium Web, at 84 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Mako, it is 6% lighter. After it come Rambla (78) and Actor (78).

Is there a free alternative to Mako?

Mako is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Titillium Web, Rambla and Actor come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Titillium Web sets running text 2.9% narrower, with the same x-height.