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Fonts similar to Poor Story

The fonts most like Poor Story are Vibes (57 out of 100), McLaren (54) and Aubrey (50), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 25–58% of the em (Poor Story’s is 41%) and lowercase letters 24–57% of the em wide (40%), and eight of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most are wider (eight of twelve).

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  1. 57match · #1

    Vibes

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    42% lighter · x-height 17% taller · 9% wider

    Differs most from Poor Story in w, m, and 7

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  2. 54match · #2

    McLaren

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    42% wider · x-height 22% taller · 21% heavier

    Differs most from Poor Story in h, F, and m

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  3. 50match · #3

    Aubrey

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    x-height 11% taller · more stroke contrast · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Poor Story in 6, f, and t

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  4. 49match · #4

    Flamenco

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    9% wider · x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Poor Story in T, t, and i

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  5. 46match · #5

    Harmattan

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    x-height 10% shorter · more stroke contrast · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Poor Story in 4, n, and 7

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  6. 46match · #6

    Baloo 2

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    22% wider · x-height 14% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Poor Story in t, J, and 4

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  7. 46match · #7

    Fresca

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    x-height 17% taller · 16% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Poor Story in k, t, and d

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  8. 46match · #8

    Simple Print

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    x-height 40% shorter · 40% narrower · 28% lighter

    Differs most from Poor Story in t, q, and n

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  9. 45match · #9

    Kirang Haerang

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    58% heavier · x-height 16% shorter · 7% wider

    Differs most from Poor Story in 9, E, and F

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  10. 42match · #10

    Grandstander

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    x-height 40% taller · 38% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Poor Story in y, d, and w

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  11. 40match · #11

    Yomogi

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    25% wider · 43% lighter · x-height 20% taller

    Differs most from Poor Story in E, 4, and N

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  12. 39match · #12

    Bernardo Moda

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    x-height 28% shorter · 11% narrower

    Differs most from Poor Story in I, N, and H

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The 100 fonts like Poor Story, measured

Poor Story is narrower than most fonts like it: 74 of the 100 are wider and 19 narrower. Few keep Poor Story’s proportions: at most 22 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Aubrey the closest of them. 50 are display faces like Poor Story, and 34 sans serifs, 11 handwriting faces and 5 monospaced fonts come close too, Harmattan the closest of them. They part from Poor Story most often in 4 (35 of the 100), J (18) and E (17).

Questions about fonts like Poor Story

What is the closest font to Poor Story?

Vibes, at 57 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Poor Story, it is 42% lighter and 9% wider, with an x-height 17% taller. After it come McLaren (54) and Aubrey (50).

Is there a free alternative to Poor Story?

Poor Story is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Vibes, McLaren and Aubrey come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Darker Grotesque sets running text 0.9% narrower, with an x-height 1.8% shorter.