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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80match · #1
Frijole
Find the font. Find its kind.38% wider · x-height 26% taller
Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, H, and 6
78match · #2
Rock Salt
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 41% taller · 24% wider · 29% lighter
Differs most from Trade Winds in I, 2, and L
77match · #3
Freckle Face
Find the font. Find its kind.15% narrower · 26% heavier · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Trade Winds in 8, j, and 6
77match · #4
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh
Find the font. Find its kind.19% narrower · less stroke contrast · 7% lighter
Differs most from Trade Winds in x, j, and k
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73match · #5
Margarine
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 11% taller · 10% narrower
Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, 5, and l
72match · #6
Lacquer
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · 18% lighter · x-height 7% taller
Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, U, and M
71match · #7
Crayon Libre
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 11% shorter · 9% narrower · 8% lighter
Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, W, and r
70match · #8
Special Elite
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 10% lighter
Differs most from Trade Winds in W, Y, and e
70match · #9
Piedra
Find the font. Find its kind.50% heavier · 18% narrower
Differs most from Trade Winds in 6, Y, and f
69match · #10
Darumadrop One
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 11% narrower
Differs most from Trade Winds in d, Y, and b
69match · #11
Tagesschrift
Find the font. Find its kind.less stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter · 13% heavier
Differs most from Trade Winds in j, Y, and i
66match · #12
Rubik Dirt
Find the font. Find its kind.43% heavier · 9% wider · x-height 4% shorter
Differs most from Trade Winds in Y, J, and j
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).
WidthTrade Winds: 56% of the em
x-heightTrade Winds: 55% of the em
- 20 within 3%
- Freckle Face 77 · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 77 · x-height 1.6% shorter
InkTrade Winds: 49% ink
ContrastTrade Winds: 1.93 : 1
StylesTrade Winds: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- Y48 of 100
- e21 of 100
- W18 of 100
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.