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Fonts similar to Mattern

The fonts most like Mattern are Ortica (86 out of 100), Hedvig Letters Serif (85) and Libre Baskerville (83), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 47–54% of the em (Mattern’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 49–60% of the em wide (55%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (seven of twelve).

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  1. 86match · #1

    Ortica

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    more stroke contrast · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Mattern in C, Q, and a

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  2. 85match · #2

    Hedvig Letters Serif

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    4% narrower · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from Mattern in C, S, and 5

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  3. 83match · #3

    Libre Baskerville

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    6% wider · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Mattern in C, s, and 7

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  4. 83match · #4

    Sentient

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    6% heavier

    Differs most from Mattern in C, J, and S

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  5. 81match · #5

    BIZ UDPMincho

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    16% lighter · 7% wider · x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Mattern in Q, C, and S

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  6. 79match · #6

    Jomolhari

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    more stroke contrast · 8% narrower

    Differs most from Mattern in s, C, and 5

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  7. 78match · #7

    Epistle

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    15% heavier · 7% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Mattern in C, f, and S

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  8. 75match · #8

    Shippori Mincho B1

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    16% lighter · x-height 5% shorter · 3% narrower

    Differs most from Mattern in f, S, and 9

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  9. 75match · #9

    Literata

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    less stroke contrast · 10% heavier

    Differs most from Mattern in C, O, and S

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  10. 75match · #10

    Taviraj

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    x-height 7% shorter · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Mattern in c, S, and O

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  11. 72match · #11

    Montaga

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    less stroke contrast · 11% narrower · x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Mattern in o, 0, and 6

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  12. 72match · #12

    Redaction

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    10% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Mattern in 9, S, and 3

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The 100 fonts like Mattern, measured

Mattern is wider than most fonts like it: 62 of the 100 are narrower and 13 wider. What they keep most is Mattern’s weight on the page: 41 are within 6% of it, Hedvig Letters Serif the closest of them. 99 are serifs like Mattern, and 1 sans serif comes close too: Nuosu SIL. They part from Mattern most often in C (57 of the 100), S (42) and c (17).

Questions about fonts like Mattern

What is the closest font to Mattern?

Ortica, at 86 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Mattern, it is 9% lighter, with more stroke contrast. After it come Hedvig Letters Serif (85) and Libre Baskerville (83).

Is there a free alternative to Mattern?

Mattern is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Ortica, Hedvig Letters Serif and Libre Baskerville come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Sentient sets running text to the same width, with the same x-height.