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Fonts similar to Palanquin Dark

The fonts most like Palanquin Dark are Secular One (81 out of 100), Catamaran (77) and Braah One (76), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 40–55% of the em (Palanquin Dark’s is 49%) and lowercase letters 44–58% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have a taller x-height (seven of twelve).

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  1. 81match · #1

    Secular One

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    x-height 8% taller · 7% wider

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in i, M, and l

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  2. 77match · #2

    Catamaran

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    31% lighter · 10% narrower

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in O, C, and 1

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  3. 76match · #3

    Braah One

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    9% wider · x-height 6% taller · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in R, z, and M

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  4. 71match · #4

    Hammersmith One

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    x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in 1, g, and C

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  5. 69match · #5

    REM

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    20% lighter · 4% wider · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in 4, 9, and l

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  6. 68match · #6

    Allerta

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    14% wider · x-height 14% taller · 22% lighter

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in l, 0, and z

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  7. 67match · #7

    Alatsi

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    4% narrower

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in b, 1, and p

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  8. 67match · #8

    CAT Robertson

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    10% narrower · 15% lighter · x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in 5, Z, and 2

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  9. 67match · #9

    Cal Sans

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    x-height 7% taller · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in O, C, and z

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  10. 66match · #10

    Solitus

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    x-height 18% shorter · 14% narrower · 13% heavier

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in Z, O, and W

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  11. 66match · #11

    Convergence

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    x-height 11% taller · 22% lighter · 7% wider

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in M, e, and 7

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  12. 63match · #12

    Amaranth

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    5% narrower · more stroke contrast · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Palanquin Dark in e, w, and v

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The 100 fonts like Palanquin Dark, measured

Palanquin Dark is darker than most fonts like it: 78 of the 100 are lighter and 10 heavier. What they keep most is Palanquin Dark’s width: 27 are within 3% of it, Hammersmith One the closest of them. 99 are sans serifs like Palanquin Dark, and 1 display font comes close too: Tilt Warp. They part from Palanquin Dark most often in z (28 of the 100), C (22) and M (21).

Questions about fonts like Palanquin Dark

What is the closest font to Palanquin Dark?

Secular One, at 81 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Palanquin Dark, it is 7% wider, with an x-height 8% taller. After it come Catamaran (77) and Braah One (76).

Is there a free alternative to Palanquin Dark?

Palanquin Dark is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Secular One, Catamaran and Braah One come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, DIN 1451-4H sets running text 0.6% wider, with an x-height 3.1% taller.