Fonts similar to Original Surfer

The 100 fonts like Original Surfer, measured

Original Surfer has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 76 of the 89 have less stroke contrast and 8 more. Few keep Original Surfer’s proportions: at most 14 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Reggae One the closest of them. 80 are display faces like Original Surfer, and 17 sans serifs and 3 serifs come close too, RocknRoll One the closest of them. They part from Original Surfer most often in A (20 of the 100), U (20) and f (18).

• WidthOriginal Surfer: 51% of the em

  30 narrower

  Risque 68 · 8% narrower

  Spicy Rice 66 · 6% narrower

  11 within 3%

  Irish Grover 61 · 2.7% narrower

  Trickster 55 · 2.8% narrower

  59 wider

  Cuban 88 · 70% wider

  Galindo 83 · 13% wider

• x-heightOriginal Surfer: 48% of the em

  9 shorter

  Purple Purse 49 · x-height 14% shorter

  Aladin 34 · x-height 5% shorter

  13 within 3%

  Marhey 82 · x-height 2.8% shorter

  Risque 68 · x-height 2.9% taller

  78 taller

  Cuban 88 · x-height 56% taller

  Galindo 83 · x-height 8% taller

• InkOriginal Surfer: 49% ink

  22 lighter

  Cuban 88 · 18% lighter

  Grandstander 71 · 18% lighter

  14 within 6%

  Reggae One 74 · 0.4% heavier

  McLaren 72 · 1.7% heavier

  64 heavier

  Galindo 83 · 33% heavier

  Marhey 82 · 12% heavier

• ContrastOriginal Surfer: 2.86 : 1

  76 less contrast

  Galindo 83 · less stroke contrast

  Marhey 82 · less stroke contrast

  5 within 12%

  Irish Grover 61

  Ruslan Display 40

  8 more contrast

  Purple Purse 49 · more stroke contrast

  Dynamo 46 · more stroke contrast

• StylesOriginal Surfer: one weight

  15 in more weights

  Marhey 82 · 5 weights

  Grandstander 71 · 9 weights

  5 with italics

  Grandstander 71 · 9 weights

  OpenDyslexic 32 · 2 weights

  7 variable

  Marhey 82 · 5 weights

  Grandstander 71 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. A20 of 100
  2. U20 of 100
  3. f18 of 100