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Fonts similar to Tenor Sans

The fonts most like Tenor Sans are Fahkwang (80 out of 100), Russolo (76) and Moderustic (71), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 46–56% of the em (Tenor Sans’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 45–60% of the em wide (53%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (nine of twelve).

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  1. 80match · #1

    Fahkwang

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    8% wider

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 7, O, and Q

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  2. 76match · #2

    Russolo

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    less stroke contrast · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 7, a, and Q

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  3. 71match · #3

    Moderustic

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    less stroke contrast · 16% heavier

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 7, l, and K

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  4. 69match · #4

    Melodrama

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    more stroke contrast · 24% lighter · 12% narrower

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 0, 6, and U

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  5. 69match · #5

    Ranade

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    14% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 7, Q, and O

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  6. 68match · #6

    Pontano Sans

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    less stroke contrast · 9% narrower · 12% heavier

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in O, 7, and j

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  7. 68match · #7

    Micro Grotesk

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller · 6% heavier

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 7, o, and f

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  8. 68match · #8

    Albert Sans

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    less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in o, 7, and 9

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  9. 67match · #9

    Hedvig Letters Sans

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    less stroke contrast · 16% heavier · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 7, f, and N

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  10. 67match · #10

    Tuffy

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    less stroke contrast · 13% narrower · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in 9, y, and 6

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  11. 67match · #11

    Federo

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    14% narrower · 24% heavier · x-height 8% shorter

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in s, U, and p

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  12. 66match · #12

    Figtree

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    less stroke contrast · 13% heavier · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Tenor Sans in o, 0, and 7

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The 100 fonts like Tenor Sans, measured

Tenor Sans has more stroke contrast than almost all the fonts like it: 95 of the 99 have less stroke contrast and 2 more. What they keep most is Tenor Sans’s x-height: 46 are within 3% of it, Fahkwang the closest of them. They part from Tenor Sans most often in 7 (92 of the 100), o (40) and j (32).

Questions about fonts like Tenor Sans

What is the closest font to Tenor Sans?

Fahkwang, at 80 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Tenor Sans, it is 8% wider. After it come Russolo (76) and Moderustic (71).

Is there a free alternative to Tenor Sans?

Tenor 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 Fahkwang, Russolo and Moderustic come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Moderustic sets running text 3.0% narrower, with the same x-height.