Fonts similar to Sail
The fonts most like Sail are Playball (59 out of 100), Niconne (57) and Dynalight (55), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 29–64% of the em (Sail’s is 39%) and lowercase letters 27–49% of the em wide (44%), and seven of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (nine of twelve).
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59match · #1
Playball
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 7% narrower
Differs most from Sail in 7, 2, and 5
57match · #2
Niconne
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 24% shorter · 16% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Sail in g, N, and 7
55match · #3
Dynalight
Find the font. Find its kind.25% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 10% shorter
Differs most from Sail in 7, N, and 5
54match · #4
Sevillana
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 21% lighter · 8% narrower
Differs most from Sail in 2, 7, and 5
54match · #5
Srisakdi
Find the font. Find its kind.56% lighter · x-height 22% taller · 4% wider
Differs most from Sail in 2, 7, and v
52match · #6
Carattere
Find the font. Find its kind.28% narrower · less stroke contrast · 22% lighter
Differs most from Sail in 2, C, and l
52match · #7
52match · #8
Sansita Swashed
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 36% taller · less stroke contrast · 7% wider
Differs most from Sail in 7, z, and 2
50match · #9
Flubby
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 65% taller · less stroke contrast · 7% wider
Differs most from Sail in 2, 4, and 5
50match · #10
Metal
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 28% lighter · x-height 9% taller
Differs most from Sail in S, Z, and N
50match · #11
Sirivennela
Find the font. Find its kind.53% lighter · 14% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Sail in N, S, and M
50match · #12
Telma
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 28% taller · 12% wider · 20% lighter
Differs most from Sail in 7, 4, and K
The 100 fonts like Sail, measured
Sail has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 60 of the 69 have less stroke contrast and none more. Few keep Sail’s proportions: at most 10 keep its x-height, within 3%, Playball the closest of them. 27 are display faces like Sail, and 72 handwriting faces and 1 sans serif come close too, Niconne the closest of them. They part from Sail most often in 7 (43 of the 100), 2 (31) and 5 (29).
WidthSail: 44% of the em
x-heightSail: 39% of the em
InkSail: 55% ink
ContrastSail: 5.38 : 1
StylesSail: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- 743 of 100
- 231 of 100
- 529 of 100
Questions about fonts like Sail
What is the closest font to Sail?
Playball, at 59 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Sail, it is 7% narrower, with less stroke contrast. After it come Niconne (57) and Dynalight (55).
Is there a free alternative to Sail?
Sail is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Playball, Niconne and Dynalight come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift sets running text 0.8% wider, with an x-height 2.9% taller.