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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90match · #1
Savate
Find the font. Find its kind.29% heavier · x-height 6% taller · 5% wider
Differs most from Ribes in l, 3, and i
79match · #2
Syncopate
Find the font. Find its kind.76% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 29% taller
Differs most from Ribes in Q, G, and 5
67match · #3
Absans
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 25% heavier · 10% wider
Differs most from Ribes in j, W, and t
64match · #4
Clash Display
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 13% wider · 17% heavier
Differs most from Ribes in r, h, and j
64match · #5
Cabinet Grotesk
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 18% heavier · x-height 8% shorter
Differs most from Ribes in r, 6, and a
64match · #6
Roundo
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 11% wider
Differs most from Ribes in b, 9, and 6
63match · #7
Cortado Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 30% heavier · 9% wider
Differs most from Ribes in h, b, and p
63match · #8
Fixel
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 28% heavier · 8% wider
Differs most from Ribes in 3, 0, and h
62match · #9
Raleway
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 9% wider · 11% heavier
Differs most from Ribes in 2, l, and h
61match · #10
NT Somic
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 37% heavier · 8% wider
Differs most from Ribes in h, 6, and b
61match · #11
DM Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 35% heavier · 9% wider
Differs most from Ribes in h, b, and p
61match · #12
Fustat
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 40% heavier · 5% wider
Differs most from Ribes in b, h, and d
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
x-heightRibes: 52% of the em
InkRibes: 30% ink
ContrastRibes: 0.41 : 1
StylesRibes: 3 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- 660 of 100
- 950 of 100
- 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.