Open licence · Serif
Playfair
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Playfair webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Playfair.
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 Playfair, 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 Playfair, in words, never a percentage.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The STIX Two Text webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not STIX Two Text.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Wittgenstein webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Wittgenstein.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Lisu Bosa webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Lisu Bosa.
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 →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.