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Open licence · Serif

Jacques Francois

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Jacques Francois webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Jacques Francois.

Jacques Francoisthe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

low 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 Jacques Francois, 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 Jacques Francois, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Poltawski Nowy webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Poltawski Nowy.

Poltawski Nowyslightly larger x-height

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Lusitanaslightly narrower · slightly lower contrast · slightly lighter

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Baskervvilleslightly lighter · slightly stronger serifs

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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