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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94match · #1
Shadows Into Light
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 22% taller · 32% heavier · 5% narrower
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in 4, U, and 5
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86match · #2
The Girl Next Door
Find the font. Find its kind.19% wider · x-height 9% taller · 12% heavier
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in J, i, and U
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85match · #3
Annie Use Your Telescope
Find the font. Find its kind.11% narrower · 21% heavier
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in A, R, and d
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85match · #4
Give You Glory
Find the font. Find its kind.14% wider · x-height 10% taller · 19% heavier
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in A, G, and J
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81match · #5
Reenie Beanie
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 17% shorter · 17% narrower · 17% heavier
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in r, U, and G
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80match · #6
Covered By Your Grace
Find the font. Find its kind.105% heavier · 6% narrower
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in U, J, and p
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79match · #7
First Time Writing!
Find the font. Find its kind.31% lighter · 10% wider · x-height 8% taller
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in r, G, and d
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78match · #8
Shadows Into Light Two
Find the font. Find its kind.50% heavier · x-height 20% taller
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in k, Z, and 4
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78match · #9
Loved by the King
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 32% taller · 26% narrower · 26% heavier
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in Y, W, and 7
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77match · #10
Architects Daughter
Find the font. Find its kind.59% heavier · 25% wider · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Waiting for the Sunrise in D, e, and U
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74match · #11
Nanum Brush Script
Find the font. Find its kind.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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74match · #12
Swanky and Moo Moo
Find the font. Find its kind.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).
WidthWaiting for the Sunrise: 41% of the em
x-heightWaiting for the Sunrise: 50% of the em
- 11 within 3%
- Annie Use Your Telescope 85 · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Covered By Your Grace 80 · x-height 1.5% shorter
InkWaiting for the Sunrise: 24% ink
ContrastWaiting for the Sunrise: 0.86 : 1
- 60 more contrast
- Architects Daughter 77 · more stroke contrast
- Nanum Brush Script 74 · more stroke contrast
StylesWaiting for the Sunrise: one weight
LettersWhere they differ most
- J43 of 100
- U25 of 100
- Y17 of 100
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.