Fonts similar to Noto Sans
The fonts most like Noto Sans are DejaVu Sans (76 out of 100), Oxygen (75) and PT Sans Caption (73), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 50–55% of the em (Noto Sans’s is 54%) and lowercase letters 48–56% of the em wide (53%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have a shorter x-height (seven of twelve).
Matched by the letters themselves · early version
The original · Noto Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.Noto Sans's own familyNoto Sans DisplayNoto Sans Mono
Noto Sans's letters under another nameOpen SansLunasimaMenbere
Like Noto Sans, but…
76match · #1
75match · #2
73match · #3
73match · #4
70match · #5
Comme
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Noto Sans in d, l, and t
70match · #6
Telex
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 4% shorter · 7% heavier
Differs most from Noto Sans in I, d, and t
69match · #7
68match · #8
Voces
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter · 7% heavier
Differs most from Noto Sans in p, I, and d
68match · #9
Pontano Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.10% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Noto Sans in I, C, and G
68match · #10
Asta Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 6% shorter · 3% narrower
Differs most from Noto Sans in t, C, and G
67match · #11
Amulya
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 6% shorter · 9% lighter
Differs most from Noto Sans in I, g, and q
67match · #12
Clear Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.5% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Noto Sans in t, d, and p
The 100 fonts like Noto Sans, measured
Fonts like Noto Sans lean most in width, where 47 of the 100 are narrower and 17 wider. What they keep most is Noto Sans’s weight on the page: 51 are within 6% of it, DejaVu Sans the closest of them. 99 are sans serifs like Noto Sans, and 1 monospace font comes close too: Noto Mono. They part from Noto Sans most often in I (87 of the 100), t (40) and C (32).
WidthNoto Sans: 53% of the em
x-heightNoto Sans: 54% of the em
InkNoto Sans: 40% ink
ContrastNoto Sans: 1.24 : 1
LettersWhere they differ most
- I87 of 100
- t40 of 100
- C32 of 100
Questions about fonts like Noto Sans
What is the closest font to Noto Sans?
DejaVu Sans, at 76 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Noto Sans, it is 6% wider. After it come Oxygen (75) and PT Sans Caption (73).
Is there a free alternative to Noto Sans?
Noto Sans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and DejaVu Sans, Oxygen and PT Sans Caption come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Comme sets running text 0.9% narrower, with an x-height 1.4% shorter.