Fonts similar to Rye
The fonts most like Rye are Sancreek (100 out of 100), Harry Piel (100) and Ewert (94), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 41–70% of the em (Rye’s is 57%) and lowercase letters 42–91% of the em wide (60%), and all twelve are display faces too. Where they differ, most are narrower (eight of twelve).
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100match · #1
Sancreek
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 13% taller · 11% narrower · 9% heavier
Differs most from Rye in x, 8, and Y
100match · #2
Harry Piel
Find the font. Find its kind.50% wider · 55% lighter · x-height 24% taller
Differs most from Rye in N, A, and 8
94match · #3
Ewert
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 24% taller · 22% wider · 23% lighter
Differs most from Rye in X, M, and V
72match · #4
Miltonian
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 25% shorter · 21% lighter · 4% narrower
Differs most from Rye in u, m, and Q
69match · #5
Jacques Francois Shadow
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 20% shorter · 33% lighter · 7% narrower
Differs most from Rye in b, 0, and 3
69match · #6
Caprasimo
Find the font. Find its kind.42% heavier · x-height 12% shorter
Differs most from Rye in 3, 4, and 9
65match · #7
New Rocker
Find the font. Find its kind.20% narrower · x-height 15% shorter · 12% heavier
Differs most from Rye in f, 4, and y
65match · #8
CAT Engravers
Find the font. Find its kind.30% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · 13% lighter
Differs most from Rye in x, N, and M
64match · #9
63match · #10
Miltonian Tattoo
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 25% shorter · 13% heavier · 4% narrower
Differs most from Rye in g, t, and 1
62match · #11
Calistoga
Find the font. Find its kind.13% narrower · 21% heavier · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from Rye in 3, 5, and S
60match · #12
CAT Altenglisch
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 27% shorter · 17% narrower
Differs most from Rye in a, b, and g
The 100 fonts like Rye, measured
Rye has a taller x-height than most fonts like it: 67 of the 100 have a shorter x-height and 18 a taller one. Few keep Rye’s proportions: at most 17 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, CAT Altenglisch the closest of them. 87 are display faces like Rye, and 7 serifs, 4 sans serifs, 1 handwriting font and 1 monospace font come close too, Apollo ASM the closest of them. They part from Rye most often in M (18 of the 100), 3 (17) and 5 (16).
WidthRye: 60% of the em
x-heightRye: 57% of the em
InkRye: 55% ink
StylesRye: one weight
- 1 with italics
- Averia Serif Libre 30 · 3 weights
- 1 variable
- Kalnia Glaze 29 · 7 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- M18 of 100
- 317 of 100
- 516 of 100
Questions about fonts like Rye
What is the closest font to Rye?
Sancreek, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Rye, it is 11% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 13% taller. After it come Harry Piel (100) and Ewert (94).
Is there a free alternative to Rye?
Rye is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Sancreek, Harry Piel and Ewert come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Zina sets running text 1.0% wider, with an x-height 2.9% shorter.