Fonts similar to Piazzolla
The fonts most like Piazzolla are Tinos (78 out of 100), Faustina (76) and Eczar (75), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 41–53% of the em (Piazzolla’s is 48%) and lowercase letters 46–54% of the em wide (48%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (seven of twelve).
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78match · #1
Tinos
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter · 5% narrower
Differs most from Piazzolla in j, l, and 8
76match · #2
75match · #3
73match · #4
Manuale
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 5% wider
Differs most from Piazzolla in 3, j, and l
72match · #5
Vesper Libre
Find the font. Find its kind.13% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Piazzolla in 9, 6, and 4
72match · #6
UNAL Ancizar Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Piazzolla in 5, l, and 9
71match · #7
Rowan
Find the font. Find its kind.7% wider · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Piazzolla in 9, 6, and b
68match · #8
Recia
Find the font. Find its kind.12% wider · x-height 8% taller · 10% lighter
Differs most from Piazzolla in 9, J, and j
68match · #9
Bitter
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · x-height 10% taller
Differs most from Piazzolla in t, j, and l
68match · #10
Inika
Find the font. Find its kind.10% wider · x-height 5% taller · 11% heavier
Differs most from Piazzolla in b, 3, and 9
67match · #11
Brawler
Find the font. Find its kind.11% wider · x-height 8% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Piazzolla in 9, 6, and l
67match · #12
Halibut
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 16% shorter · more stroke contrast · 7% wider
Differs most from Piazzolla in l, Q, and C
The 100 fonts like Piazzolla, measured
Piazzolla has less stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 69 of the 100 have more stroke contrast and 8 less. What they keep most is Piazzolla’s weight on the page: 35 are within 6% of it, Tinos the closest of them. They part from Piazzolla most often in 9 (64 of the 100), 5 (40) and 3 (38).
WidthPiazzolla: 48% of the em
x-heightPiazzolla: 48% of the em
InkPiazzolla: 40% ink
ContrastPiazzolla: 1.46 : 1
LettersWhere they differ most
- 964 of 100
- 540 of 100
- 338 of 100
Questions about fonts like Piazzolla
What is the closest font to Piazzolla?
Tinos, at 78 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Piazzolla, it is 5% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 5% shorter. After it come Faustina (76) and Eczar (75).
Is there a free alternative to Piazzolla?
Piazzolla is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Tinos, Faustina and Eczar come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Faustina sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 2.5% taller.