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Fonts similar to Ribes

The fonts most like Ribes are Savate (90 out of 100), Syncopate (79) and Absans (67), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–67% of the em (Ribes’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 48–85% of the em wide (48%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are wider (eleven of twelve).

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  1. 90match · #1

    Savate

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    29% heavier · x-height 6% taller · 5% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in l, 3, and i

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  2. 79match · #2

    Syncopate

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    76% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 29% taller

    Differs most from Ribes in Q, G, and 5

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  3. 67match · #3

    Absans

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    more stroke contrast · 25% heavier · 10% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in j, W, and t

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  4. 64match · #4

    Clash Display

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    more stroke contrast · 13% wider · 17% heavier

    Differs most from Ribes in r, h, and j

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  5. 64match · #5

    Cabinet Grotesk

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    more stroke contrast · 18% heavier · x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Ribes in r, 6, and a

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  6. 64match · #6

    Roundo

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    more stroke contrast · 11% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in b, 9, and 6

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  7. 63match · #7

    Cortado Sans

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    more stroke contrast · 30% heavier · 9% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in h, b, and p

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  8. 63match · #8

    Fixel

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    more stroke contrast · 28% heavier · 8% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in 3, 0, and h

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  9. 62match · #9

    Raleway

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    more stroke contrast · 9% wider · 11% heavier

    Differs most from Ribes in 2, l, and h

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  10. 61match · #10

    NT Somic

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    more stroke contrast · 37% heavier · 8% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in h, 6, and b

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  11. 61match · #11

    DM Sans

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    more stroke contrast · 35% heavier · 9% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in h, b, and p

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  12. 61match · #12

    Fustat

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    more stroke contrast · 40% heavier · 5% wider

    Differs most from Ribes in b, h, and d

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The 100 fonts like Ribes, measured

Ribes has less stroke contrast than almost all the fonts like it: 98 of the 100 have more stroke contrast and none less. What they keep most is Ribes’s x-height: 27 are within 3% of it, Roundo the closest of them. They part from Ribes most often in 6 (60 of the 100), 9 (50) and h (32).

  • WidthRibes: 48% of the em

    3 narrower
    Melodrama 59 · 3% narrower
    CMU Bright 56 · 4% narrower
    14 within 3%
    Cabinet Grotesk 64 · 0.7% narrower
    Ojuju 60 · 2% wider
    83 wider
    Savate 90 · 5% wider
    Syncopate 79 · 76% wider
  • x-heightRibes: 52% of the em

    59 shorter
    Absans 67 · x-height 4% shorter
    Clash Display 64 · x-height 5% shorter
    27 within 3%
    Roundo 64 · x-height 1.9% taller
    Fixel 63 · same x-height
    14 taller
    Savate 90 · x-height 6% taller
    Syncopate 79 · x-height 29% taller
  • InkRibes: 30% ink

    4 lighter
    Syncopate 79 · 32% lighter
    Ojuju 60 · 21% lighter
    4 within 6%
    Roundo 64 · 2.3% heavier
    Darker Grotesque 53 · 2.1% heavier
    92 heavier
    Savate 90 · 29% heavier
    Absans 67 · 25% heavier
  • ContrastRibes: 0.41 : 1

    0 less contrast
    None
    2 within 12%
    Savate 90
    Ojuju 60
    98 more contrast
    Syncopate 79 · more stroke contrast
    Absans 67 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesRibes: 3 weights

    84 in more weights
    Savate 90 · 8 weights
    Clash Display 64 · 6 weights
    47 with italics
    Savate 90 · 8 weights
    Raleway 62 · 9 weights
    49 variable
    Savate 90 · 8 weights
    Raleway 62 · 9 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. 660 of 100
    2. 950 of 100
    3. h32 of 100

Questions about fonts like Ribes

What is the closest font to Ribes?

Savate, at 90 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Ribes, it is 29% heavier and 5% wider, with an x-height 6% taller. After it come Syncopate (79) and Absans (67).

Is there a free alternative to Ribes?

Ribes is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Savate, Syncopate and Absans come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Urbanist sets running text 2.7% wider, with an x-height 3.6% shorter.