Fonts similar to Quicksand

The 100 fonts like Quicksand, measured

Quicksand is lighter than most fonts like it: 80 of the 100 are heavier and 9 lighter. What they keep most is Quicksand’s x-height: 28 are within 3% of it, Thasadith the closest of them. 92 are sans serifs like Quicksand, and 6 display faces and 2 handwriting faces come close too, Comfortaa the closest of them. They part from Quicksand most often in y (50 of the 100), a (22) and 3 (16).

• WidthQuicksand: 52% of the em

  50 narrower

  Zen Maru Gothic 96 · 7% narrower

  Manjari 88 · 4% narrower

  26 within 3%

  Open Runde 76 · 2.2% wider

  Nunito 73 · 2.8% narrower

  24 wider

  Belgika 84 · 34% wider

  Kodchasan 80 · 9% wider

• x-heightQuicksand: 52% of the em

  54 shorter

  Zen Maru Gothic 96 · x-height 7% shorter

  Manjari 88 · x-height 3% shorter

  28 within 3%

  Thasadith 78 · x-height 0.4% shorter

  Tsukimi Rounded 78 · x-height 1% shorter

  18 taller

  Belgika 84 · x-height 55% taller

  Amazonas 80 · x-height 5% taller

• InkQuicksand: 30% ink

  9 lighter

  Belgika 84 · 46% lighter

  Thasadith 78 · 32% lighter

  11 within 6%

  Hubballi 80 · same ink

  Zen Kurenaido 79 · 3% heavier

  80 heavier

  Zen Maru Gothic 96 · 8% heavier

  Manjari 88 · 28% heavier

• ContrastQuicksand: 1.07 : 1

  1 less contrast

  Pally 68 · less stroke contrast

  63 within 12%

  Zen Maru Gothic 96

  Manjari 88

  31 more contrast

  Thasadith 78 · more stroke contrast

  Mandali 76 · more stroke contrast

• StylesQuicksand: 5 weights

  42 in more weights

  Kodchasan 80 · 6 weights

  National Park 74 · 7 weights

  29 with italics

  Kodchasan 80 · 6 weights

  Thasadith 78 · 2 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. y50 of 100
  2. a22 of 100
  3. 316 of 100