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Fonts similar to Sawarabi Mincho

The fonts most like Sawarabi Mincho are Happy Times at the IKOB (83 out of 100), Roboto Serif (81) and Zarathustra (76), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 47–54% of the em (Sawarabi Mincho’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 49–60% of the em wide (54%), and all twelve are serifs too.

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  1. 83match · #1

    Happy Times at the IKOB

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    more stroke contrast · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in 7, f, and Q

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  2. 81match · #2

    Roboto Serif

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    less stroke contrast · 4% wider

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in 2, s, and d

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  3. 76match · #3

    Zarathustra

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    14% heavier · 6% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in p, g, and j

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  4. 76match · #4

    BIZ UDPMincho

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    11% wider · 20% lighter · x-height 8% taller

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in z, f, and u

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  5. 76match · #5

    Montaga

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    less stroke contrast · 8% narrower · x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in z, o, and 0

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  6. 74match · #6

    Montagu Slab

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    4% wider

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in Q, d, and t

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  7. 74match · #7

    Sentient

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in z, 7, and u

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  8. 74match · #8

    DejaVu Serif

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    6% wider · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in t, 2, and g

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  9. 74match · #9

    Taviraj

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    x-height 6% shorter · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in O, Q, and c

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  10. 73match · #10

    Charis SIL

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    7% narrower · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in 2, q, and f

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  11. 73match · #11

    Minipax

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    x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in 1, z, and 0

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  12. 72match · #12

    Libre Baskerville

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    9% wider · x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Sawarabi Mincho in 7, z, and u

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The 100 fonts like Sawarabi Mincho, measured

Fonts like Sawarabi Mincho lean most in width, where 45 of the 100 are narrower and 30 wider. What they keep most is Sawarabi Mincho’s weight on the page: 48 are within 6% of it, Happy Times at the IKOB the closest of them. They part from Sawarabi Mincho most often in z (38 of the 100), r (22) and u (20).

Questions about fonts like Sawarabi Mincho

What is the closest font to Sawarabi Mincho?

Happy Times at the IKOB, at 83 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Sawarabi Mincho, it is 4% narrower, with more stroke contrast. After it come Roboto Serif (81) and Zarathustra (76).

Is there a free alternative to Sawarabi Mincho?

Sawarabi Mincho is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Happy Times at the IKOB, Roboto Serif and Zarathustra come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Roboto Serif sets running text 2.6% wider, with an x-height 1.6% taller.