Fonts similar to Smythe

The 100 fonts like Smythe, measured

Smythe is narrower than almost all the fonts like it: 90 of the 100 are wider and 7 narrower. What they keep most is Smythe’s x-height: 26 are within 3% of it, Gideon Roman the closest of them. 52 are display faces like Smythe, and 45 serifs, 2 sans serifs and 1 handwriting font come close too, Bonny the closest of them. They part from Smythe most often in g (38 of the 100), e (22) and Q (21).

• WidthSmythe: 35% of the em

  7 narrower

  Bigelow Rules 73 · 25% narrower

  Aujournuit Condensed 71 · 4% narrower

  3 within 3%

  Katibeh 65 · 2.7% wider

  Germanica 49 · 1.4% wider

  90 wider

  Amarante 83 · 35% wider

  Aujournuit Densed 65 · 12% wider

• x-heightSmythe: 47% of the em

  30 shorter

  Katibeh 65 · x-height 29% shorter

  Libertinus Serif Display 47 · x-height 12% shorter

  26 within 3%

  Gideon Roman 49 · x-height 1.6% taller

  Germanica 49 · x-height 0.3% taller

  44 taller

  Amarante 83 · x-height 5% taller

  Bigelow Rules 73 · x-height 14% taller

• InkSmythe: 45% ink

  59 lighter

  Bigelow Rules 73 · 26% lighter

  Aujournuit Condensed 71 · 28% lighter

  22 within 6%

  Irish Grover 51 · 0.5% heavier

  Germanica 49 · 3.2% lighter

  19 heavier

  Amarante 83 · 11% heavier

  Katibeh 65 · 20% heavier

• ContrastSmythe: 1.41 : 1

  12 less contrast

  Germanica 49 · less stroke contrast

  Attic 48 · less stroke contrast

  12 within 12%

  Mystery Quest 64

  Crushed 54

  72 more contrast

  Amarante 83 · more stroke contrast

  Bigelow Rules 73 · more stroke contrast

• StylesSmythe: one weight

  34 in more weights

  Bonny 54 · 5 weights

  Simonetta 46 · 2 weights

  16 with italics

  Simonetta 46 · 2 weights

  Instrument Serif 44 · 1 weight

  7 variable

  Imbue 35 · 9 weights

  Grenze Gotisch 34 · 9 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. g38 of 100
  2. e22 of 100
  3. Q21 of 100