Fonts similar to Noto Serif Display
The fonts most like Noto Serif Display are Boska (86 out of 100), Bentinck (85) and Sprat Condensed (84), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–53% of the em (Noto Serif Display’s is 54%) and lowercase letters 45–62% of the em wide (55%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most have a shorter x-height (ten of twelve).
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The original · Noto Serif Display
Find the font. Find its kind.Noto Serif Display's own familyNoto SerifNoto Serif Japanese
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86match · #1
Boska
Find the font. Find its kind.16% narrower · 20% lighter · x-height 10% shorter
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in l, 0, and 4
85match · #2
Bentinck
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 12% heavier
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in g, 7, and z
84match · #3
Sprat Condensed
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 7% narrower
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in 0, s, and j
83match · #4
Gloock
Find the font. Find its kind.60% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in s, 8, and c
81match · #5
Sprat
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 13% wider · x-height 7% shorter
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in 0, s, and 9
79match · #6
Gilda Display
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 8% narrower
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in 5, 7, and C
77match · #7
DM Serif Display
Find the font. Find its kind.61% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · 6% narrower
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in l, i, and j
75match · #8
Kalnia
Find the font. Find its kind.15% heavier · 6% wider · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in k, j, and l
75match · #9
Gambarino
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 24% heavier · 12% narrower
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in l, S, and i
75match · #10
Playfair Display
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 7% narrower · 13% heavier
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in y, 3, and 4
74match · #11
Antic Didone
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 23% lighter · x-height 7% shorter
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in p, T, and 1
74match · #12
Oranienbaum
Find the font. Find its kind.18% narrower · x-height 14% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Noto Serif Display in J, j, and 1
The 100 fonts like Noto Serif Display, measured
Noto Serif Display has more stroke contrast than almost all the fonts like it: 93 of the 99 have less stroke contrast and 2 more. Few keep Noto Serif Display’s proportions: at most 22 keep its width, within 3%, Bentinck the closest of them. 90 are serifs like Noto Serif Display, and 8 display faces and 2 sans serifs come close too, Viaoda Libre the closest of them. They part from Noto Serif Display most often in l (50 of the 100), 1 (18) and 7 (16).
WidthNoto Serif Display: 55% of the em
x-heightNoto Serif Display: 54% of the em
InkNoto Serif Display: 33% ink
ContrastNoto Serif Display: 9.70 : 1
LettersWhere they differ most
- l50 of 100
- 118 of 100
- 716 of 100
Questions about fonts like Noto Serif Display
What is the closest font to Noto Serif Display?
Boska, at 86 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Noto Serif Display, it is 16% narrower and 20% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter. After it come Bentinck (85) and Sprat Condensed (84).
Is there a free alternative to Noto Serif Display?
Noto Serif Display is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Boska, Bentinck and Sprat Condensed come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Prata sets running text 0.7% wider, with an x-height 3.4% shorter.