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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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  1. 100match · #1

    Russolo

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    46% heavier · less stroke contrast · 12% wider

    Differs most from Melodrama in t, 0, and 7

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  2. 88match · #2

    Italiana

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    more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Melodrama in 1, 3, and i

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  3. 69match · #3

    Tenor Sans

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    31% heavier · less stroke contrast · 13% wider

    Differs most from Melodrama in 0, 6, and U

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  4. 64match · #4

    Federo

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    63% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter

    Differs most from Melodrama in 8, 0, and f

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  5. 61match · #5

    Aboreto

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    46% wider · x-height 38% taller · 32% lighter

    Differs most from Melodrama in U, T, and 0

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  6. 61match · #6

    Belleza

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    44% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter

    Differs most from Melodrama in p, 5, and 0

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  7. 59match · #7

    Ribes

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    less stroke contrast · 8% heavier · 4% wider

    Differs most from Melodrama in S, Z, and U

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  8. 58match · #8

    Panamera

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    less stroke contrast · 16% heavier · 7% wider

    Differs most from Melodrama in U, Z, and 0

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  9. 54match · #9

    LXGW Marker Gothic

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    43% heavier · 16% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Melodrama in a, 0, and U

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  10. 53match · #10

    Gotho

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    25% narrower · less stroke contrast · 41% lighter

    Differs most from Melodrama in 0, Q, and G

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  11. 53match · #11

    Arsenal

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    34% heavier · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Melodrama in 0, G, and d

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  12. 51match · #12

    Baltic

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    34% wider · x-height 28% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Melodrama in F, 2, and 3

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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).

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.