Fonts similar to Ranade
The fonts most like Ranade are Fahkwang (85 out of 100), Hedvig Letters Sans (83) and Public Sans (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 49–56% of the em (Ranade’s is 53%) and lowercase letters 50–57% of the em wide (60%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, all twelve are narrower.
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85match · #1
Fahkwang
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast · 5% narrower
Differs most from Ranade in g, 8, and j
83match · #2
Hedvig Letters Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.13% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Ranade in 7, O, and t
80match · #3
Public Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.12% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Ranade in l, g, and i
80match · #4
BDO Grotesk
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 7% narrower
Differs most from Ranade in Q, t, and i
79match · #5
Aileron
Find the font. Find its kind.15% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Ranade in 7, l, and f
78match · #6
Roboto
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · less stroke contrast · 15% heavier
Differs most from Ranade in e, 7, and d
78match · #7
Archivo
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · less stroke contrast · 11% heavier
Differs most from Ranade in g, i, and t
78match · #8
Mona Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.12% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Ranade in a, O, and J
77match · #9
Golos Text
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 9% narrower
Differs most from Ranade in Q, l, and 1
76match · #10
Ronzino
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · less stroke contrast · 8% heavier
Differs most from Ranade in c, i, and 0
76match · #11
Epilogue
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 8% narrower
Differs most from Ranade in o, Q, and g
76match · #12
St. Martin
Find the font. Find its kind.31% heavier · 11% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Ranade in l, Q, and 7
The 100 fonts like Ranade, measured
Ranade is wider than almost all the fonts like it: 98 of the 100 are narrower and none wider. What they keep most is Ranade’s x-height: 61 are within 3% of it, Hedvig Letters Sans the closest of them. They part from Ranade most often in Q (54 of the 100), O (31) and i (20).
WidthRanade: 60% of the em
- 0 wider
- None
x-heightRanade: 53% of the em
InkRanade: 39% ink
ContrastRanade: 1.84 : 1
- 0 within 12%
- None
StylesRanade: 5 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- Q54 of 100
- O31 of 100
- i20 of 100
Questions about fonts like Ranade
What is the closest font to Ranade?
Fahkwang, at 85 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Ranade, it is 5% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter and more stroke contrast. After it come Hedvig Letters Sans (83) and Public Sans (80).
Is there a free alternative to Ranade?
Ranade is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Fahkwang, Hedvig Letters Sans and Public Sans.