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DM Serif Display

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

The DM Serif Display webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not DM Serif Display.

DM Serif Displaythe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

normal x-heightnormal widthhigh contrast

Measured from the outlines, not from a description. Each band is a third of the open catalogue: “tall x-height” means taller than two thirds of it, which is a fact about the measurement rather than an opinion.

Fonts similar to DM Serif Display, measured

Ranked by the same engine the app uses, on the ten features it measures, within the serif pool. The line under each names how it differs from DM Serif Display, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Yeseva One webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Yeseva One.

Yeseva Oneslightly wider · slightly smaller x-height

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Rozha One webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rozha One.

Rozha Onelarger x-height · slightly rounder bowls · slightly wider

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Rubik Maps webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Rubik Maps.

Rubik Mapswider · slightly lighter serifs · slightly higher contrast

These are the first 3 of 746 ranked. The full list, and the same ranking against every font you own, is part of founding access.

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DM Serif Display as a free alternative to

DM Serif Display is suggested on 3 licensed families’ profiles. The basis is named on each: metric-compatible means the advance widths match, so a swap keeps the line breaks; derived means it was drawn from the same source; the rest are judgement, labelled as such.

In the app

Search the whole open catalogue by name, category and measured character, preview every result in your own words, and save it to a Board. Open the app — the shelf, search and the first three results of any search are free.