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Fonts similar to Mea Culpa

The fonts most like Mea Culpa are Fleur De Leah (89 out of 100), MonteCarlo (87) and Gwendolyn (86), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 25–54% of the em (Mea Culpa’s is 32%) and lowercase letters 28–38% of the em wide (29%), and all twelve are handwriting faces too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (nine of twelve).

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  1. 89match · #1

    Fleur De Leah

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    x-height 21% taller · 12% wider · less stroke contrast

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  2. 87match · #2

    MonteCarlo

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    10% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in 8

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  3. 86match · #3

    Gwendolyn

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    15% wider · 27% lighter

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in N

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  4. 85match · #4

    Imperial Script

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    x-height 17% taller · 26% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in Q

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  5. 84match · #5

    Great Vibes

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    x-height 12% taller · 8% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in z and S

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  6. 80match · #6

    Carattere

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 11% taller · 7% wider

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in z, l, and W

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  7. 79match · #7

    Lavishly Yours

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    x-height 23% shorter · 8% wider

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in m and 5

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  8. 78match · #8

    Ruthie

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in 5

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  9. 77match · #9

    Parisienne

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    30% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 11% taller

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in 7, 3, and 9

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  10. 77match · #10

    Luxurious Script

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller · 6% narrower

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in f, S, and Q

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  11. 76match · #11

    Birthstone Bounce

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    x-height 68% taller · 15% wider · 19% lighter

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in N

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  12. 76match · #12

    Beau Rivage

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Mea Culpa in z, 3, and 5

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The 100 fonts like Mea Culpa, measured

Mea Culpa has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 48 of the 57 have less stroke contrast and 6 more. What they keep most is Mea Culpa’s weight on the page: 34 are within 6% of it, Fleur De Leah the closest of them. 97 are handwriting faces like Mea Culpa, and 3 display faces come close too, Dynalight the closest of them. They part from Mea Culpa most often in N (28 of the 100), C (24) and S (22).

Questions about fonts like Mea Culpa

What is the closest font to Mea Culpa?

Fleur De Leah, at 89 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Mea Culpa, it is 12% wider, with an x-height 21% taller and less stroke contrast. After it come MonteCarlo (87) and Gwendolyn (86).

Is there a free alternative to Mea Culpa?

Mea Culpa is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Fleur De Leah, MonteCarlo and Gwendolyn come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Ruthie sets running text 2.7% wider, with an x-height 2.2% shorter.