Fonts similar to Melodrama
The fonts most like Melodrama are Russolo (100 out of 100), Italiana (88) and Tenor Sans (69), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 45–70% of the em (Melodrama’s is 51%) and lowercase letters 35–68% of the em wide (47%), and eleven of them are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (ten of twelve).
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100match · #1
Russolo
Find the font. Find its kind.46% heavier · less stroke contrast · 12% wider
Differs most from Melodrama in t, 0, and 7
88match · #2
69match · #3
Tenor Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.31% heavier · less stroke contrast · 13% wider
Differs most from Melodrama in 0, 6, and U
64match · #4
Federo
Find the font. Find its kind.63% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter
Differs most from Melodrama in 8, 0, and f
61match · #5
Aboreto
Find the font. Find its kind.46% wider · x-height 38% taller · 32% lighter
Differs most from Melodrama in U, T, and 0
61match · #6
Belleza
Find the font. Find its kind.44% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter
Differs most from Melodrama in p, 5, and 0
59match · #7
Ribes
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 8% heavier · 4% wider
Differs most from Melodrama in S, Z, and U
58match · #8
Panamera
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 16% heavier · 7% wider
Differs most from Melodrama in U, Z, and 0
54match · #9
LXGW Marker Gothic
Find the font. Find its kind.43% heavier · 16% wider · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Melodrama in a, 0, and U
53match · #10
Gotho
Find the font. Find its kind.25% narrower · less stroke contrast · 41% lighter
Differs most from Melodrama in 0, Q, and G
53match · #11
Arsenal
Find the font. Find its kind.34% heavier · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower
Differs most from Melodrama in 0, G, and d
51match · #12
Baltic
Find the font. Find its kind.34% wider · x-height 28% taller · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Melodrama in F, 2, and 3
The 100 fonts like Melodrama, measured
Melodrama has more stroke contrast than almost all the fonts like it: 94 of the 97 have less stroke contrast and 1 more. What they keep most is Melodrama’s x-height: 37 are within 3% of it, Russolo the closest of them. 94 are sans serifs like Melodrama, and 4 display faces and 2 serifs come close too, Aboreto the closest of them. They part from Melodrama most often in 0 (48 of the 100), U (31) and S (29).
WidthMelodrama: 47% of the em
x-heightMelodrama: 51% of the em
InkMelodrama: 27% ink
ContrastMelodrama: 5.08 : 1
- 1 more contrast
- Italiana 88 · more stroke contrast
StylesMelodrama: 5 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- 048 of 100
- U31 of 100
- S29 of 100
Questions about fonts like Melodrama
What is the closest font to Melodrama?
Russolo, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Melodrama, it is 46% heavier and 12% wider, with less stroke contrast. After it come Italiana (88) and Tenor Sans (69).
Is there a free alternative to Melodrama?
Melodrama is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Russolo, Italiana and Tenor Sans.