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Fonts similar to Waiting for the Sunrise

The fonts most like Waiting for the Sunrise are Shadows Into Light (94 out of 100), The Girl Next Door (86) and Annie Use Your Telescope (85), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 32–65% of the em (Waiting for the Sunrise’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 30–51% of the em wide (41%), and all twelve are handwriting faces too. Where they differ, most are heavier (eleven of twelve).

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  1. 94match · #1

    Shadows Into Light

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    x-height 22% taller · 32% heavier · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in 4, U, and 5

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  2. 86match · #2

    The Girl Next Door

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

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in J, i, and U

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  3. 85match · #3

    Annie Use Your Telescope

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    11% narrower · 21% heavier

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in A, R, and d

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  4. 85match · #4

    Give You Glory

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    14% wider · x-height 10% taller · 19% heavier

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in A, G, and J

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  5. 81match · #5

    Reenie Beanie

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    x-height 17% shorter · 17% narrower · 17% heavier

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in r, U, and G

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  6. 80match · #6

    Covered By Your Grace

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    105% heavier · 6% narrower

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in U, J, and p

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  7. 79match · #7

    First Time Writing!

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    31% lighter · 10% wider · x-height 8% taller

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in r, G, and d

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  8. 78match · #8

    Shadows Into Light Two

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    50% heavier · x-height 20% taller

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in k, Z, and 4

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  9. 78match · #9

    Loved by the King

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    x-height 32% taller · 26% narrower · 26% heavier

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in Y, W, and 7

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  10. 77match · #10

    Architects Daughter

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    59% heavier · 25% wider · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in D, e, and U

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  11. 74match · #11

    Nanum Brush Script

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    x-height 35% shorter · 67% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in J, A, and U

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  12. 74match · #12

    Swanky and Moo Moo

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    x-height 33% shorter · 63% heavier · 10% wider

    Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in y, l, and a

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The 100 fonts like Waiting for the Sunrise, measured

Waiting for the Sunrise is lighter than almost all the fonts like it: 95 of the 100 are heavier and 3 lighter. Few keep Waiting for the Sunrise’s proportions: at most 12 keep its width, within 3%, Shadows Into Light Two the closest of them. 94 are handwriting faces like Waiting for the Sunrise, and 6 display faces come close too, Oregano the closest of them. They part from Waiting for the Sunrise most often in J (43 of the 100), U (25) and Y (17).

Questions about fonts like Waiting for the Sunrise

What is the closest font to Waiting for the Sunrise?

Shadows Into Light, at 94 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Waiting for the Sunrise, it is 32% heavier and 5% narrower, with an x-height 22% taller. After it come The Girl Next Door (86) and Annie Use Your Telescope (85).

Is there a free alternative to Waiting for the Sunrise?

Waiting for the Sunrise is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Shadows Into Light, The Girl Next Door and Annie Use Your Telescope come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Handlee sets running text 1.7% wider, with an x-height 0.6% shorter.