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Fonts similar to Simplex Sans

The fonts most like Simplex Sans are Akshar (89 out of 100), Mohave (87) and Kanalisirung (85), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–78% of the em (Simplex Sans’s is 51%) and lowercase letters 32–50% of the em wide (44%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (seven of twelve).

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  1. 89match · #1

    Akshar

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    11% heavier

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in 6, 9, and 8

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  2. 87match · #2

    Mohave

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    x-height 6% taller · 5% narrower · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in 4, i, and a

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  3. 85match · #3

    Kanalisirung

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    x-height 52% taller · 12% wider · 15% lighter

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in 4, B, and R

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  4. 79match · #4

    Jupiteroid

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in A, V, and a

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  5. 79match · #5

    Bebas Neue

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    x-height 37% taller · 12% narrower · 17% heavier

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in 4, J, and 8

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  6. 79match · #6

    Format 1452

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    x-height 5% shorter · 5% wider

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in s, f, and 2

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  7. 77match · #7

    Berliner Wand

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    29% narrower · 30% heavier · x-height 6% taller

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in s, f, and t

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  8. 71match · #8

    Aeronef

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    24% narrower · x-height 14% shorter

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in 6, 9, and 4

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  9. 70match · #9

    Stick No Bills

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    6% narrower · x-height 5% taller · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in 4, W, and N

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  10. 69match · #10

    Hubot Sans

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    15% narrower · more stroke contrast · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in I, J, and 8

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  11. 69match · #11

    Homenaje

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    20% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in r, 2, and s

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  12. 67match · #12

    Share Tech

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    more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Simplex Sans in I, 1, and i

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The 100 fonts like Simplex Sans, measured

Fonts like Simplex Sans lean most in stroke contrast, where 55 of the 94 have more stroke contrast and 2 less. What they keep most is Simplex Sans’s x-height: 42 are within 3% of it, Akshar the closest of them. 93 are sans serifs like Simplex Sans, and 5 display faces and 2 monospaced fonts come close too, Staatliches the closest of them. They part from Simplex Sans most often in 4 (47 of the 100), 0 (21) and f (20).

Questions about fonts like Simplex Sans

What is the closest font to Simplex Sans?

Akshar, at 89 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Simplex Sans, it is 11% heavier. After it come Mohave (87) and Kanalisirung (85).

Is there a free alternative to Simplex Sans?

Simplex Sans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Akshar, Mohave and Kanalisirung come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Do Hyeon sets running text 2.7% narrower, with an x-height 0.5% shorter.