Fonts similar to Special Gothic

The 100 fonts like Special Gothic, measured

Special Gothic is narrower than most fonts like it: 82 of the 100 are wider and 5 narrower. What they keep most is Special Gothic’s weight on the page: 60 are within 6% of it, Public Sans the closest of them. They part from Special Gothic most often in g (69 of the 100), G (26) and O (22).

• WidthSpecial Gothic: 47% of the em

  5 narrower

  News Cycle 77 · 10% narrower

  Padauk 72 · 5% narrower

  13 within 3%

  Pontano Sans 79 · 1% wider

  Miedinger 76 · 2.1% wider

  82 wider

  Public Sans 81 · 12% wider

  Kecal 81 · 6% wider

• x-heightSpecial Gothic: 50% of the em

  12 shorter

  Karla 77 · x-height 5% shorter

  Cabinet Grotesk 75 · x-height 5% shorter

  39 within 3%

  Public Sans 81 · x-height 2.5% taller

  Kecal 81 · x-height 1.1% taller

  49 taller

  Gothic A1 80 · x-height 4% taller

  Plainsound 80 · x-height 3% taller

• InkSpecial Gothic: 43% ink

  33 lighter

  Gothic A1 80 · 12% lighter

  Fixel 79 · 11% lighter

  60 within 6%

  Public Sans 81 · 3.3% lighter

  Plainsound 80 · 1.7% heavier

  7 heavier

  Kecal 81 · 7% heavier

  Radio Canada Big 74 · 15% heavier

• ContrastSpecial Gothic: 1.26 : 1

  12 less contrast

  Fixel 79 · less stroke contrast

  Geist 75 · less stroke contrast

  82 within 12%

  Public Sans 81

  Kecal 81

  5 more contrast

  Pontano Sans 79 · more stroke contrast

  Aileron 72 · more stroke contrast

• StylesSpecial Gothic: 4 weights

  69 in more weights

  Public Sans 81 · 9 weights

  Kecal 81 · 7 weights

  57 with italics

  Public Sans 81 · 9 weights

  Plainsound 80 · 6 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. g69 of 100
  2. G26 of 100
  3. O22 of 100