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Fonts similar to Parastoo

The fonts most like Parastoo are Peddana (90 out of 100), Suravaram (80) and Bona Nova SC (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 32–50% of the em (Parastoo’s is 38%) and lowercase letters 33–52% of the em wide (39%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (nine of twelve).

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  1. 90match · #1

    Peddana

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    17% narrower · x-height 16% shorter · 13% heavier

    Differs most from Parastoo in 6, g, and e

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  2. 80match · #2

    Suravaram

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    less stroke contrast · 9% heavier · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Parastoo in b, c, and t

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  3. 80match · #3

    Bona Nova SC

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    24% wider · x-height 17% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in Q, J, and 2

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  4. 80match · #4

    Sree Krushnadevaraya

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    12% wider · 22% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in t, Q, and 1

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  5. 79match · #5

    Abhaya Libre

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    18% wider · x-height 11% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in b, i, and 1

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  6. 78match · #6

    Arapey

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    x-height 17% taller · 12% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in 7, A, and q

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  7. 76match · #7

    Judson

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    21% wider · x-height 17% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in g, m, and u

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  8. 76match · #8

    Lateef

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    25% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in y, r, and 6

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  9. 75match · #9

    Lora

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    x-height 33% taller · 33% wider

    Differs most from Parastoo in v, 8, and w

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  10. 75match · #10

    Sumana

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    24% wider · x-height 23% taller · 16% heavier

    Differs most from Parastoo in 8, Z, and W

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  11. 75match · #11

    Erode

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    x-height 19% taller · 19% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in r, m, and b

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  12. 73match · #12

    Unna

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    16% wider · x-height 12% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Parastoo in k, b, and f

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The 100 fonts like Parastoo, measured

Parastoo is narrower than almost all the fonts like it: 90 of the 100 are wider and 7 narrower. What they keep most is Parastoo’s weight on the page: 36 are within 6% of it, Bona Nova SC the closest of them. 98 are serifs like Parastoo, and 2 display faces come close too, Katibeh the closest of them. They part from Parastoo most often in m (24 of the 100), 1 (16) and 6 (15).

Questions about fonts like Parastoo

What is the closest font to Parastoo?

Peddana, at 90 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Parastoo, it is 17% narrower and 13% heavier, with an x-height 16% shorter. After it come Suravaram (80) and Bona Nova SC (80).

Is there a free alternative to Parastoo?

Parastoo is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Peddana, Suravaram and Bona Nova SC come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Suravaram sets running text 1.0% wider, with an x-height 4.3% shorter.