Fonts similar to Sprat
The fonts most like Sprat are Noto Serif Display (81 out of 100), Gloock (81) and Ortica (76), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–54% of the em (Sprat’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 45–58% of the em wide (62%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, all twelve are narrower.
Matched by the letters themselves · early version
The original · Sprat
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81match · #1
Noto Serif Display
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 11% narrower · x-height 7% taller
Differs most from Sprat in 0, s, and 9
81match · #2
Gloock
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 62% heavier · 15% narrower
Differs most from Sprat in 0, 8, and b
76match · #3
Ortica
Find the font. Find its kind.10% narrower · 13% heavier · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Sprat in 0, 9, and b
73match · #4
Bentinck
Find the font. Find its kind.13% narrower · 14% heavier
Differs most from Sprat in 0, g, and 9
73match · #5
Gilda Display
Find the font. Find its kind.18% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
Differs most from Sprat in 0, 9, and 5
72match · #6
Kalnia
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 17% heavier · 6% narrower
Differs most from Sprat in k, 0, and r
69match · #7
Nyght Serif
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 20% narrower · 18% heavier
Differs most from Sprat in 0, 1, and r
69match · #8
Mattern
Find the font. Find its kind.25% heavier · 11% narrower · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Sprat in c, 0, and 9
67match · #9
Isenheim
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 11% narrower
Differs most from Sprat in 7, 0, and 9
66match · #10
DM Serif Display
Find the font. Find its kind.63% heavier · more stroke contrast · 17% narrower
Differs most from Sprat in 0, l, and 2
65match · #11
Career
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 49% heavier · 10% narrower
Differs most from Sprat in c, 0, and g
64match · #12
Oranienbaum
Find the font. Find its kind.28% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter
Differs most from Sprat in J, 0, and u
The 100 fonts like Sprat, measured
Sprat is wider than almost all the fonts like it: 90 of the 100 are narrower and 7 wider. What they keep most is Sprat’s x-height: 30 are within 3% of it, Gloock the closest of them. 91 are serifs like Sprat, and 8 display faces and 1 sans serif come close too, Chonburi the closest of them. They part from Sprat most often in 0 (56 of the 100), 9 (45) and 5 (23).
WidthSprat: 62% of the em
x-heightSprat: 50% of the em
InkSprat: 32% ink
ContrastSprat: 3.86 : 1
StylesSprat: 6 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- 056 of 100
- 945 of 100
- 523 of 100
Questions about fonts like Sprat
What is the closest font to Sprat?
Noto Serif Display, at 81 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Sprat, it is 11% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 7% taller. After it come Gloock (81) and Ortica (76).
Is there a free alternative to Sprat?
Sprat is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Noto Serif Display, Gloock and Ortica come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Kalnia sets running text 2.4% narrower, with an x-height 3.0% taller.