Fonts similar to Miedinger
The fonts most like Miedinger are Opening Hours Sans (84 out of 100), Inter Tight (81) and Aspekta (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 51–56% of the em (Miedinger’s is 53%) and lowercase letters 49–55% of the em wide (48%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (nine of twelve).
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The original · Miedinger
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84match · #1
Opening Hours Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Miedinger in 1, 8, and l
81match · #2
Inter Tight
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 4% taller
Differs most from Miedinger in o, G, and f
80match · #3
80match · #4
80match · #5
80match · #6
79match · #7
Mona Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.9% wider · 14% lighter
Differs most from Miedinger in a, Q, and 7
79match · #8
79match · #9
BDO Grotesk
Find the font. Find its kind.14% wider · x-height 8% taller
Differs most from Miedinger in O, 7, and i
79match · #10
79match · #11
Liter
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Miedinger in G, i, and j
78match · #12
The 100 fonts like Miedinger, measured
Miedinger is narrower than most fonts like it: 78 of the 100 are wider and 2 narrower. What they keep most is Miedinger’s x-height: 56 are within 3% of it, Opening Hours Sans the closest of them. They part from Miedinger most often in o (32 of the 100), Q (30) and O (26).
WidthMiedinger: 48% of the em
x-heightMiedinger: 53% of the em
InkMiedinger: 44% ink
StylesMiedinger: 2 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- o32 of 100
- Q30 of 100
- O26 of 100
Questions about fonts like Miedinger
What is the closest font to Miedinger?
Opening Hours Sans, at 84 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Miedinger, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come Inter Tight (81) and Aspekta (80).
Is there a free alternative to Miedinger?
Miedinger is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Opening Hours Sans, Inter Tight and Aspekta come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Inter Tight sets running text 0.6% narrower, with an x-height 4.0% taller.