Fonts similar to Yesteryear

The 100 fonts like Yesteryear, measured

Yesteryear is darker than all the fonts like it: 100 of the 100 are lighter and none heavier. Few keep Yesteryear’s proportions: at most 13 keep its width, within 3%, Mr Dafoe the closest of them. 94 are handwriting faces like Yesteryear, and 6 display faces come close too, Miniver the closest of them. They part from Yesteryear most often in K (48 of the 100), 7 (37) and 3 (26).

• WidthYesteryear: 36% of the em

  41 narrower

  Krugmann Brush 77 · 14% narrower

  CAT Flamme 73 · 20% narrower

  13 within 3%

  Mr Dafoe 82 · 1.9% wider

  Yellowtail 78 · 2% wider

  46 wider

  Norican 75 · 9% wider

  Kaushan Script 74 · 22% wider

• x-heightYesteryear: 29% of the em

  9 shorter

  Mr Bedfort 68 · x-height 12% shorter

  Dr Sugiyama 66 · x-height 9% shorter

  6 within 3%

  Allura 52 · x-height 2% taller

  Caramel 52 · x-height 2.7% taller

  85 taller

  Mr Dafoe 82 · x-height 16% taller

  Yellowtail 78 · x-height 50% taller

• InkYesteryear: 89% ink

  100 lighter

  Mr Dafoe 82 · 12% lighter

  Yellowtail 78 · 30% lighter

  0 within 6%

  None

  0 heavier

  None

• StylesYesteryear: one weight

  10 in more weights

  Birthstone Bounce 61 · 2 weights

  Dancing Script 57 · 4 weights

  1 with italics

  Erratic Cursive 46 · 1 weight

  3 variable

  Dancing Script 57 · 4 weights

  Caveat 45 · 4 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. K48 of 100
  2. 737 of 100
  3. 326 of 100