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Fonts similar to Trade Winds

The fonts most like Trade Winds are Frijole (80 out of 100), Rock Salt (78) and Freckle Face (77), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–78% of the em (Trade Winds’s is 55%) and lowercase letters 45–77% of the em wide (56%), and eleven of them are display faces too. Where they differ, most have less stroke contrast (seven of twelve).

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  1. 80match · #1

    Frijole

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    38% wider · x-height 26% taller

    Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, H, and 6

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  2. 78match · #2

    Rock Salt

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    x-height 41% taller · 24% wider · 29% lighter

    Differs most from Trade Winds in I, 2, and L

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  3. 77match · #3

    Freckle Face

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    15% narrower · 26% heavier · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Trade Winds in 8, j, and 6

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  4. 77match · #4

    Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh

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    19% narrower · less stroke contrast · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Trade Winds in x, j, and k

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  5. 73match · #5

    Margarine

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 11% taller · 10% narrower

    Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, 5, and l

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  6. 72match · #6

    Lacquer

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    less stroke contrast · 18% lighter · x-height 7% taller

    Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, U, and M

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  7. 71match · #7

    Crayon Libre

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    x-height 11% shorter · 9% narrower · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, W, and r

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  8. 70match · #8

    Special Elite

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Trade Winds in W, Y, and e

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  9. 70match · #9

    Piedra

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    50% heavier · 18% narrower

    Differs most from Trade Winds in 6, Y, and f

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  10. 69match · #10

    Darumadrop One

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 11% narrower

    Differs most from Trade Winds in d, Y, and b

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  11. 69match · #11

    Tagesschrift

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    less stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter · 13% heavier

    Differs most from Trade Winds in j, Y, and i

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  12. 66match · #12

    Rubik Dirt

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    43% heavier · 9% wider · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, J, and j

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The 100 fonts like Trade Winds, measured

Trade Winds has more stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 47 of the 60 have less stroke contrast and 7 more. Few keep Trade Winds’s proportions: at most 20 keep its x-height, within 3%, Freckle Face the closest of them. 82 are display faces like Trade Winds, and 13 handwriting faces and 5 serifs come close too, Rock Salt the closest of them. They part from Trade Winds most often in Y (48 of the 100), e (21) and W (18).

Questions about fonts like Trade Winds

What is the closest font to Trade Winds?

Frijole, at 80 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Trade Winds, it is 38% wider, with an x-height 26% taller. After it come Rock Salt (78) and Freckle Face (77).

Is there a free alternative to Trade Winds?

Trade Winds is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Frijole, Rock Salt and Freckle Face come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Mogra sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 2.9% taller.