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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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  1. 86match · #1

    Boska

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    16% narrower · 20% lighter · x-height 10% shorter

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in l, 0, and 4

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  2. 85match · #2

    Bentinck

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in g, 7, and z

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  3. 84match · #3

    Sprat Condensed

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 7% narrower

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in 0, s, and j

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  4. 83match · #4

    Gloock

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    60% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in s, 8, and c

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  5. 81match · #5

    Sprat

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    less stroke contrast · 13% wider · x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in 0, s, and 9

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  6. 79match · #6

    Gilda Display

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 8% narrower

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in 5, 7, and C

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  7. 77match · #7

    DM Serif Display

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    61% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · 6% narrower

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in l, i, and j

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  8. 75match · #8

    Kalnia

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    15% heavier · 6% wider · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in k, j, and l

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  9. 75match · #9

    Gambarino

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    less stroke contrast · 24% heavier · 12% narrower

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in l, S, and i

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  10. 75match · #10

    Playfair Display

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    less stroke contrast · 7% narrower · 13% heavier

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in y, 3, and 4

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  11. 74match · #11

    Antic Didone

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    less stroke contrast · 23% lighter · x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in p, T, and 1

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  12. 74match · #12

    Oranienbaum

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    18% narrower · x-height 14% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Noto Serif Display in J, j, and 1

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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).

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.