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Fonts similar to Varela

The fonts most like Varela are Amiko (88 out of 100), Prompt (86) and Guidy (85), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–55% of the em (Varela’s is 51%) and lowercase letters 51–56% of the em wide (54%), and all twelve are sans serifs too.

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  1. 88match · #1

    Amiko

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    4% wider · 8% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Varela in o, t, and i

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  2. 86match · #2

    Prompt

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    x-height 6% shorter · 9% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Varela in t, i, and Q

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  3. 85match · #3

    Guidy

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Varela in i, j, and l

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  4. 82match · #4

    DejaVu Sans

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    x-height 7% taller · 4% wider · 7% lighter

    Differs most from Varela in t, o, and d

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  5. 79match · #5

    Biryani

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    x-height 8% taller · 4% wider

    Differs most from Varela in t, 9, and l

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  6. 79match · #6

    Excon

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Varela in t, i, and 1

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  7. 78match · #7

    Mulish

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    9% lighter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Varela in a, O, and t

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  8. 77match · #8

    Finlandica Text

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    9% lighter · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Varela in t, 9, and 6

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  9. 77match · #9

    Geom

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    12% heavier · 6% narrower · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Varela in 9, 3, and r

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  10. 76match · #10

    Host Grotesk

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    3% narrower

    Differs most from Varela in t, C, and s

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  11. 76match · #11

    Commissioner

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    4% narrower · 6% lighter

    Differs most from Varela in t, g, and j

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  12. 75match · #12

    Nunito Sans

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    6% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · 8% lighter

    Differs most from Varela in t, l, and s

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The 100 fonts like Varela, measured

Fonts like Varela lean most in width, where 44 of the 100 are narrower and 15 wider. What they keep most is Varela’s x-height: 52 are within 3% of it, Amiko the closest of them. They part from Varela most often in t (72 of the 100), l (19) and 9 (18).

  • WidthVarela: 54% of the em

    44 narrower
    Geom 77 · 6% narrower
    Host Grotesk 76 · 3% narrower
    41 within 3%
    Prompt 86 · 2.3% wider
    Guidy 85 · 2.4% wider
    15 wider
    Amiko 88 · 4% wider
    DejaVu Sans 82 · 4% wider

  • x-heightVarela: 51% of the em

    19 shorter
    Prompt 86 · x-height 6% shorter
    Geom 77 · x-height 4% shorter
    52 within 3%
    Amiko 88 · x-height 2.3% taller
    Guidy 85 · x-height 1.9% taller
    29 taller
    DejaVu Sans 82 · x-height 7% taller
    Biryani 79 · x-height 8% taller

  • InkVarela: 42% ink

    39 lighter
    Amiko 88 · 8% lighter
    DejaVu Sans 82 · 7% lighter
    50 within 6%
    Guidy 85 · 0.5% lighter
    Biryani 79 · 0.4% lighter
    11 heavier
    Prompt 86 · 9% heavier
    Geom 77 · 12% heavier

  • ContrastVarela: 1.10 : 1

    0 less contrast
    None
    76 within 12%
    Guidy 85
    Biryani 79
    24 more contrast
    Amiko 88 · more stroke contrast
    Prompt 86 · more stroke contrast

  • StylesVarela: one weight

    84 in more weights
    Amiko 88 · 3 weights
    Prompt 86 · 9 weights
    51 with italics
    Prompt 86 · 9 weights
    DejaVu Sans 82 · 2 weights
    50 variable
    Mulish 78 · 9 weights
    Finlandica Text 77 · 9 weights

  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. t72 of 100
    2. l19 of 100
    3. 918 of 100

Questions about fonts like Varela

What is the closest font to Varela?

Amiko, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Varela, it is 4% wider and 8% lighter, with more stroke contrast. After it come Prompt (86) and Guidy (85).

Is there a free alternative to Varela?

Varela is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Amiko, Prompt and Guidy come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Guidy sets running text 2.7% wider, with an x-height 2.0% taller.