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Fonts similar to Puritan

The fonts most like Puritan are Catamaran (78 out of 100), Molengo (74) and ABeeZee (74), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 40–53% of the em (Puritan’s is 51%) and lowercase letters 43–53% of the em wide (47%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have a shorter x-height (nine of twelve).

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  1. 78match · #1

    Catamaran

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Puritan in g, R, and X

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  2. 74match · #2

    Molengo

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    x-height 10% shorter

    Differs most from Puritan in l, V, and X

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  3. 74match · #3

    ABeeZee

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    13% wider · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Puritan in g, 0, and l

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  4. 74match · #4

    Carlito

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    x-height 6% shorter · 8% heavier

    Differs most from Puritan in 0, v, and x

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  5. 73match · #5

    Mukta

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    x-height 7% shorter · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Puritan in Q, v, and 0

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  6. 73match · #6

    Tajawal

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    x-height 11% shorter · 12% lighter

    Differs most from Puritan in g, V, and X

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  7. 72match · #7

    Narnoor

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    x-height 7% shorter · 14% heavier

    Differs most from Puritan in 0, v, and x

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  8. 71match · #8

    Alpino

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    x-height 21% shorter · 9% narrower · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Puritan in v, X, and h

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  9. 68match · #9

    Source Sans 3

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    x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Puritan in 0, V, and X

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  10. 65match · #10

    Author

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    x-height 13% shorter · 6% narrower · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Puritan in X, V, and R

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  11. 65match · #11

    Karla

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    11% wider · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Puritan in R, v, and X

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  12. 64match · #12

    Epunda Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Puritan in g, v, and O

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The 100 fonts like Puritan, measured

Fonts like Puritan lean most in width, where 59 of the 100 are wider and 10 narrower. What they keep most is Puritan’s weight on the page: 45 are within 6% of it, Catamaran the closest of them. They part from Puritan most often in X (52 of the 100), V (41) and 0 (40).

  • WidthPuritan: 47% of the em

    10 narrower
    Alpino 71 · 9% narrower
    Author 65 · 6% narrower
    31 within 3%
    Catamaran 78 · 1.3% narrower
    Molengo 74 · 0.3% wider
    59 wider
    ABeeZee 74 · 13% wider
    Karla 65 · 11% wider

  • x-heightPuritan: 51% of the em

    45 shorter
    Molengo 74 · x-height 10% shorter
    Carlito 74 · x-height 6% shorter
    40 within 3%
    Catamaran 78 · x-height 1.8% shorter
    Epunda Sans 64 · x-height 1.5% shorter
    15 taller
    ABeeZee 74 · x-height 5% taller
    Zerove 61 · x-height 38% taller

  • InkPuritan: 40% ink

    20 lighter
    Tajawal 73 · 12% lighter
    Author 65 · 9% lighter
    45 within 6%
    Catamaran 78 · 2.1% heavier
    Molengo 74 · 4% heavier
    35 heavier
    Carlito 74 · 8% heavier
    Mukta 73 · 12% heavier

  • ContrastPuritan: 1.31 : 1

    35 less contrast
    ABeeZee 74 · less stroke contrast
    Cantarell 62 · less stroke contrast
    63 within 12%
    Catamaran 78
    Molengo 74
    2 more contrast
    Ysabeau 55 · more stroke contrast
    Skeena Indigenous 53 · more stroke contrast

  • StylesPuritan: 2 weights with italics

    66 in more weights
    Catamaran 78 · 9 weights
    Mukta 73 · 7 weights
    33 variable
    Catamaran 78 · 9 weights
    Source Sans 3 68 · 8 weights

  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. X52 of 100
    2. V41 of 100
    3. 040 of 100

Questions about fonts like Puritan

What is the closest font to Puritan?

Catamaran, at 78 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Puritan, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come Molengo (74) and ABeeZee (74).

Is there a free alternative to Puritan?

Puritan is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Catamaran, Molengo and ABeeZee come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Catamaran sets running text 2.4% narrower, with an x-height 1.8% shorter.