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Fonts similar to Quintessential

The fonts most like Quintessential are Eagle Lake (100 out of 100), Fondamento (96) and Lugrasimo (96), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 34–54% of the em (Quintessential’s is 51%) and lowercase letters 29–64% of the em wide (44%), and all twelve are handwriting faces too. Where they differ, most are heavier (seven of twelve).

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  1. 100match · #1

    Eagle Lake

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    46% wider · more stroke contrast · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Quintessential in E, q, and y

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  2. 96match · #2

    Fondamento

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    11% wider · 10% heavier · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Quintessential in q, b, and g

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  3. 96match · #3

    Lugrasimo

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    39% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Quintessential in O, g, and F

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  4. 82match · #4

    Kings

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    more stroke contrast · 10% narrower

    Differs most from Quintessential in g, J, and T

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  5. 80match · #5

    Felipa

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    16% narrower · more stroke contrast · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Quintessential in V, Q, and N

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  6. 70match · #6

    Charm

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    x-height 6% shorter · 4% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Quintessential in O, W, and G

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  7. 67match · #7

    Tapestry

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    12% wider · x-height 10% shorter · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Quintessential in y, 0, and w

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  8. 67match · #8

    Telma

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    12% wider · 10% heavier

    Differs most from Quintessential in Q, O, and 0

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  9. 64match · #9

    Gianna

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    x-height 34% shorter · 33% narrower · 21% heavier

    Differs most from Quintessential in Y, y, and V

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  10. 60match · #10

    Amita

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    17% wider

    Differs most from Quintessential in M, q, and d

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  11. 59match · #11

    Redressed

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    x-height 25% shorter · 27% heavier · 11% narrower

    Differs most from Quintessential in M, b, and P

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  12. 52match · #12

    Amptmann Script

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    20% wider · x-height 14% shorter · 17% heavier

    Differs most from Quintessential in 1, q, and V

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The 100 fonts like Quintessential, measured

Quintessential has a taller x-height than most fonts like it: 75 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 12 a taller one. What they keep most is Quintessential’s weight on the page: 27 are within 6% of it, Lugrasimo the closest of them. 78 are handwriting faces like Quintessential, and 12 serifs and 10 display faces come close too, Metal the closest of them. They part from Quintessential most often in N (27 of the 100), V (22) and W (21).

  • WidthQuintessential: 44% of the em

    61 narrower
    Kings 82 · 10% narrower
    Felipa 80 · 16% narrower
    7 within 3%
    Britney 51 · 1.5% narrower
    Julee 47 · 2.6% narrower
    32 wider
    Eagle Lake 100 · 46% wider
    Fondamento 96 · 11% wider

  • x-heightQuintessential: 51% of the em

    75 shorter
    Fondamento 96 · x-height 3% shorter
    Charm 70 · x-height 6% shorter
    13 within 3%
    Eagle Lake 100 · x-height 2.7% taller
    Kings 82 · x-height 2.3% shorter
    12 taller
    Lugrasimo 96 · x-height 7% taller
    Merienda 48 · x-height 17% taller

  • InkQuintessential: 40% ink

    22 lighter
    Felipa 80 · 10% lighter
    Explora 48 · 56% lighter
    27 within 6%
    Lugrasimo 96 · 0.5% lighter
    Kings 82 · 0.3% lighter
    51 heavier
    Eagle Lake 100 · 12% heavier
    Fondamento 96 · 10% heavier

  • ContrastQuintessential: 1.31 : 1

    16 less contrast
    Charm 70 · less stroke contrast
    Julee 47 · less stroke contrast
    17 within 12%
    Fondamento 96
    Gianna 64
    44 more contrast
    Eagle Lake 100 · more stroke contrast
    Lugrasimo 96 · more stroke contrast

  • StylesQuintessential: one weight

    15 in more weights
    Charm 70 · 2 weights
    Telma 67 · 5 weights
    3 with italics
    Fondamento 96 · 1 weight
    Simonetta 38 · 2 weights
    2 variable
    Merienda 48 · 7 weights
    Dancing Script 38 · 4 weights

  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. N27 of 100
    2. V22 of 100
    3. W21 of 100

Questions about fonts like Quintessential

What is the closest font to Quintessential?

Eagle Lake, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Quintessential, it is 46% wider and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast. After it come Fondamento (96) and Lugrasimo (96).

Is there a free alternative to Quintessential?

Quintessential is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Eagle Lake, Fondamento and Lugrasimo come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Julee sets running text 1.2% wider, with an x-height 4.5% shorter.