Fonts similar to New Amsterdam

The 100 fonts like New Amsterdam, measured

New Amsterdam has a taller x-height than most fonts like it: 84 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 16 a taller one. Few keep New Amsterdam’s proportions: at most 13 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Bebas Neue the closest of them. 83 are sans serifs like New Amsterdam, and 15 display faces and 2 monospaced fonts come close too, Aurach the closest of them. They part from New Amsterdam most often in X (63 of the 100), V (57) and A (50).

• WidthNew Amsterdam: 39% of the em

  33 narrower

  Teko 78 · 16% narrower

  Logotype 77 · 9% narrower

  7 within 3%

  Bebas Neue 83 · 0.7% narrower

  Gemunu Libre 65 · 2.4% wider

  60 wider

  Unitblock 80 · 6% wider

  Tanker 66 · 13% wider

• x-heightNew Amsterdam: 65% of the em

  84 shorter

  Unitblock 80 · x-height 19% shorter

  Teko 78 · x-height 25% shorter

  0 within 3%

  None

  16 taller

  Bebas Neue 83 · x-height 8% taller

  Tanker 66 · x-height 16% taller

• InkNew Amsterdam: 56% ink

  61 lighter

  Unitblock 80 · 10% lighter

  Logotype 77 · 17% lighter

  13 within 6%

  Bebas Neue 83 · 4.6% lighter

  Teko 78 · 4.5% heavier

  26 heavier

  League Gothic 72 · 21% heavier

  Tanker 66 · 9% heavier

• ContrastNew Amsterdam: 1.04 : 1

  1 less contrast

  Astrud 49 · less stroke contrast

  43 within 12%

  Unitblock 80

  Logotype 77

  48 more contrast

  Changa Condensed 65 · more stroke contrast

  Gemunu Libre 65 · more stroke contrast

• StylesNew Amsterdam: one weight

  41 in more weights

  Teko 78 · 5 weights

  Changa Condensed 65 · 9 weights

  19 with italics

  Alumni Sans Collegiate One 61 · 1 weight

  Jupiteroid 55 · 3 weights

  17 variable

  Teko 78 · 5 weights

  Gemunu Libre 65 · 7 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. X63 of 100
  2. V57 of 100
  3. A50 of 100