Fonts similar to PT Serif

The 100 fonts like PT Serif, measured

Fonts like PT Serif lean most in x-height, where 47 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 19 a taller one. What they keep most is PT Serif’s weight on the page: 49 are within 6% of it, Wittgenstein the closest of them. They part from PT Serif most often in v (55 of the 100), 3 (43) and w (42).

• WidthPT Serif: 50% of the em

  28 narrower

  Faustina 77 · 6% narrower

  Fenix 75 · 7% narrower

  29 within 3%

  Alike 85 · 2.9% wider

  Manuale 76 · 0.8% wider

  43 wider

  Wittgenstein 85 · 3% wider

  Volkhov 84 · 12% wider

• x-heightPT Serif: 50% of the em

  47 shorter

  Fenix 75 · x-height 10% shorter

  UNAL Ancizar Serif 73 · x-height 10% shorter

  34 within 3%

  Alike 85 · x-height 1% taller

  Wittgenstein 85 · same x-height

  19 taller

  Brawler 77 · x-height 4% taller

  Merriweather 77 · x-height 11% taller

• InkPT Serif: 42% ink

  20 lighter

  Trirong 71 · 15% lighter

  Spectral 69 · 7% lighter

  49 within 6%

  Wittgenstein 85 · 3% lighter

  Amethysta 83 · 1.1% lighter

  31 heavier

  Alike 85 · 7% heavier

  Volkhov 84 · 20% heavier

• ContrastPT Serif: 2.18 : 1

  35 less contrast

  Brawler 77 · less stroke contrast

  Faustina 77 · less stroke contrast

  36 within 12%

  Volkhov 84

  Amethysta 83

  29 more contrast

  Alike 85 · more stroke contrast

  Wittgenstein 85 · more stroke contrast

• StylesPT Serif: 2 weights with italics

  54 in more weights

  Wittgenstein 85 · 6 weights

  Bespoke Serif 79 · 5 weights

  28 variable

  Wittgenstein 85 · 6 weights

  Merriweather 77 · 7 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. v55 of 100
  2. 343 of 100
  3. w42 of 100