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Fonts similar to Zodiak

The fonts most like Zodiak are Old Standard TT (87 out of 100), Besley (83) and Taviraj (82), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 43–52% of the em (Zodiak’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 48–58% of the em wide (57%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (ten of twelve).

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  1. 87match · #1

    Old Standard TT

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    15% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Zodiak in 7, 2, and 8

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  2. 83match · #2

    Besley

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    16% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Zodiak in i, b, and 4

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  3. 82match · #3

    Taviraj

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    8% narrower · x-height 6% shorter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Zodiak in 2, j, and 7

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  4. 82match · #4

    Cantata One

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    31% heavier · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Zodiak in 8, 2, and J

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  5. 81match · #5

    GFS Didot

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    12% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Zodiak in 2, b, and 7

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  6. 80match · #6

    Bentinck

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    more stroke contrast · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Zodiak in 2, 8, and g

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  7. 80match · #7

    Uchen

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    15% narrower · less stroke contrast · 18% heavier

    Differs most from Zodiak in b, 8, and 2

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  8. 79match · #8

    Hausschrift

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    15% narrower · x-height 13% shorter · 10% heavier

    Differs most from Zodiak in 8, 2, and b

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  9. 78match · #9

    Brygada 1918

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    x-height 8% shorter · 7% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Zodiak in i, b, and 8

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  10. 75match · #10

    Libre Bodoni

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    32% heavier · more stroke contrast · 11% narrower

    Differs most from Zodiak in Q, y, and 1

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  11. 75match · #11

    Edwin

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    24% heavier · 9% narrower · x-height 6% shorter

    Differs most from Zodiak in b, i, and h

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  12. 74match · #12

    BJCree

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    14% narrower · x-height 14% shorter · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Zodiak in j, b, and i

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The 100 fonts like Zodiak, measured

Zodiak is wider than most fonts like it: 78 of the 100 are narrower and 5 wider. What they keep most is Zodiak’s x-height: 25 are within 3% of it, Cantata One the closest of them. 98 are serifs like Zodiak, and 1 monospace font and 1 display font come close too, New Heterodox Mono the closest of them. They part from Zodiak most often in 2 (70 of the 100), b (30) and 7 (27).

Questions about fonts like Zodiak

What is the closest font to Zodiak?

Old Standard TT, at 87 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Zodiak, it is 15% narrower, with an x-height 8% shorter and more stroke contrast. After it come Besley (83) and Taviraj (82).

Is there a free alternative to Zodiak?

Zodiak is free itself, under the ITF Free Font License, but that licence doesn’t let you change its files or pass them on. Of the fonts most like it, the closest under open licences, which allow both, are Old Standard TT, Besley and Taviraj.