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Fonts similar to Ubuntu

The fonts most like Ubuntu are ABeeZee (75 out of 100), Inder (72) and Murecho (70), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–56% of the em (Ubuntu’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 48–57% of the em wide (51%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.

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  1. 75match · #1

    ABeeZee

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    3% wider

    Differs most from Ubuntu in u, 4, and v

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  2. 72match · #2

    Inder

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Ubuntu in M, 4, and J

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  3. 70match · #3

    Murecho

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    4% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Ubuntu in g, b, and p

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  4. 69match · #4

    Bespoke Sans

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    8% lighter

    Differs most from Ubuntu in 1, u, and g

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  5. 69match · #5

    Duru Sans

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    12% wider · 19% lighter · x-height 9% taller

    Differs most from Ubuntu in n, g, and v

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  6. 69match · #6

    Actor

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    6% narrower · x-height 3% shorter

    Differs most from Ubuntu in 0, r, and n

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  7. 69match · #7

    Kufam

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    6% wider · x-height 5% taller

    Differs most from Ubuntu in V, A, and K

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  8. 68match · #8

    Telex

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Ubuntu in l, J, and t

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  9. 67match · #9

    Martel Sans

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    5% wider · 9% lighter

    Differs most from Ubuntu in l, g, and w

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  10. 67match · #10

    Convergence

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    7% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Ubuntu in N, K, and V

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  11. 67match · #11

    Cantarell

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    x-height 7% shorter · 14% lighter

    Differs most from Ubuntu in M, l, and v

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  12. 66match · #12

    Overpass

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Ubuntu in M, t, and K

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The 100 fonts like Ubuntu, measured

Fonts like Ubuntu lean most in weight on the page, where 52 of the 100 are lighter and 13 heavier. What they keep most is Ubuntu’s x-height: 37 are within 3% of it, ABeeZee the closest of them. 99 are sans serifs like Ubuntu, and 1 display font comes close too: Expletus Sans. They part from Ubuntu most often in g (30 of the 100), n (23) and K (22).

  • WidthUbuntu: 51% of the em

    32 narrower
    Murecho 70 · 4% narrower
    Actor 69 · 6% narrower
    31 within 3%
    Inder 72 · 1.8% wider
    Bespoke Sans 69 · 1.9% wider
    37 wider
    ABeeZee 75 · 3% wider
    Duru Sans 69 · 12% wider
  • x-heightUbuntu: 52% of the em

    47 shorter
    Inder 72 · x-height 3% shorter
    Actor 69 · x-height 3% shorter
    37 within 3%
    ABeeZee 75 · x-height 2.1% taller
    Murecho 70 · same x-height
    16 taller
    Duru Sans 69 · x-height 9% taller
    Kufam 69 · x-height 5% taller
  • InkUbuntu: 44% ink

    52 lighter
    Bespoke Sans 69 · 8% lighter
    Duru Sans 69 · 19% lighter
    35 within 6%
    ABeeZee 75 · 5.4% lighter
    Inder 72 · 0.1% lighter
    13 heavier
    REM 66 · 8% heavier
    Merriweather Sans 65 · 11% heavier
  • ContrastUbuntu: 1.18 : 1

    2 less contrast
    Excon 62 · less stroke contrast
    Zerove 52 · less stroke contrast
    75 within 12%
    ABeeZee 75
    Bespoke Sans 69
    23 more contrast
    Inder 72 · more stroke contrast
    Murecho 70 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesUbuntu: 4 weights with italics

    48 in more weights
    Murecho 70 · 9 weights
    Bespoke Sans 69 · 5 weights
    27 variable
    Murecho 70 · 9 weights
    Kufam 69 · 6 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. g30 of 100
    2. n23 of 100
    3. K22 of 100

Questions about fonts like Ubuntu

What is the closest font to Ubuntu?

ABeeZee, at 75 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Ubuntu, it is 3% wider. After it come Inder (72) and Murecho (70).

Is there a free alternative to Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is free itself, under the Ubuntu Font Licence. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and ABeeZee, Inder and Murecho come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Bespoke Sans sets running text 2.2% wider, with the same x-height.