Open licence · Serif
Newsreader
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Newsreader webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Newsreader.
Measured character
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 Newsreader, 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 Newsreader, in words, never a percentage.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Mate webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Mate.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Joan webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Joan.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Ponomar webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Ponomar.
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.
What $39 buys →Newsreader as a free alternative to
Newsreader is suggested on 12 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.
- Chronicle Text same classification
- Domaine Text same classification
- Feature same classification
- Fortescue same classification
- GT Alpina same classification
- GT Sectra same classification
- Lava same classification
- Miller Text same classification
- Publico same classification
- Reckless same classification
- Tiempos Headline same classification
- Times New Roman same classification
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.