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Fonts similar to Pescante

The fonts most like Pescante are Chokokutai (76 out of 100), BackOut (71) and Gajraj One (70), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–73% of the em (Pescante’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 37–80% of the em wide (47%), and eleven of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most are lighter (nine of twelve).

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  1. 76match · #1

    Chokokutai

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    more stroke contrast · 21% wider · 32% lighter

    Differs most from Pescante in 1, H, and Z

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  2. 71match · #2

    BackOut

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    x-height 29% taller · 24% lighter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Pescante in D, B, and R

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  3. 70match · #3

    Gajraj One

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    more stroke contrast · 40% wider · 35% heavier

    Differs most from Pescante in W, Z, and T

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  4. 64match · #4

    Black Ops One

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    31% wider · 13% heavier

    Differs most from Pescante in X, A, and I

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  5. 64match · #5

    Foldit

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    22% narrower · 13% lighter

    Differs most from Pescante in I, Y, and t

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  6. 63match · #6

    Samaano

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    7% wider · 10% lighter · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Pescante in T, I, and W

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  7. 62match · #7

    Iceberg

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    29% lighter · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Pescante in k, v, and A

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  8. 62match · #8

    Wallpoet

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    47% wider · 63% lighter · x-height 15% shorter

    Differs most from Pescante in Y, K, and V

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  9. 61match · #9

    Tektur

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    20% wider · 35% lighter · x-height 8% taller

    Differs most from Pescante in I, f, and t

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  10. 60match · #10

    Blaec

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    72% wider · x-height 41% taller · 17% heavier

    Differs most from Pescante in V, W, and Z

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  11. 59match · #11

    Nippo

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    24% lighter · 12% wider · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Pescante in Y, 4, and H

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  12. 59match · #12

    CAT DyFa

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    16% wider · 28% lighter · x-height 5% shorter

    Differs most from Pescante in L, w, and l

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The 100 fonts like Pescante, measured

Pescante has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 41 of the 66 have less stroke contrast and 13 more. Few keep Pescante’s proportions: at most 19 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Commune Nuit Debout the closest of them. 85 are display faces like Pescante, and 15 sans serifs come close too, Samaano the closest of them. They part from Pescante most often in Z (25 of the 100), T (18) and f (17).

Questions about fonts like Pescante

What is the closest font to Pescante?

Chokokutai, at 76 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Pescante, it is 21% wider and 32% lighter, with more stroke contrast. After it come BackOut (71) and Gajraj One (70).

Is there a free alternative to Pescante?

Pescante is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Chokokutai, BackOut and Gajraj One come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Kohinoor Zerone sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 3.6% taller.