Fonts similar to Plainsound

The 100 fonts like Plainsound, measured

Fonts like Plainsound lean most in width, where 46 of the 100 are wider and 16 narrower. What they keep most is Plainsound’s x-height: 57 are within 3% of it, Kecal the closest of them. They part from Plainsound most often in Q (52 of the 100), G (48) and b (22).

• WidthPlainsound: 51% of the em

  16 narrower

  Special Gothic 80 · 6% narrower

  Rag Narrow 77 · 7% narrower

  38 within 3%

  Kecal 83 · 0.8% narrower

  Ronzino 80 · 1.6% narrower

  46 wider

  Miranda Sans 78 · 3% wider

  Pliant 76 · 6% wider

• x-heightPlainsound: 52% of the em

  29 shorter

  Special Gothic 80 · x-height 3% shorter

  TASA Orbiter 74 · x-height 4% shorter

  57 within 3%

  Kecal 83 · x-height 1.9% shorter

  Ronzino 80 · x-height 2.3% taller

  14 taller

  Spline Sans 75 · x-height 5% taller

  BDO Grotesk 74 · x-height 9% taller

• InkPlainsound: 43% ink

  33 lighter

  Geist 76 · 8% lighter

  Instrument Sans 75 · 10% lighter

  57 within 6%

  Kecal 83 · 4.9% heavier

  Ronzino 80 · 1.8% lighter

  10 heavier

  Rag Narrow 77 · 8% heavier

  Radio Canada Big 75 · 13% heavier

• ContrastPlainsound: 1.13 : 1

  1 less contrast

  Cossette Texte 74 · less stroke contrast

  73 within 12%

  Kecal 83

  Special Gothic 80

  25 more contrast

  Ronzino 80 · more stroke contrast

  Hedvig Letters Sans 80 · more stroke contrast

• StylesPlainsound: 6 weights with italics

  50 in more weights

  Kecal 83 · 7 weights

  Pliant 76 · 9 weights

  51 variable

  Special Gothic 80 · 4 weights

  Miranda Sans 78 · 4 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. Q52 of 100
  2. G48 of 100
  3. b22 of 100