Typecase

Open licence · Display

Poor Story

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Poor Storythe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

low x-heightnarrowmoderate 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 Poor Story, measured

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

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Schoolbelllighter serifs · slightly smaller x-height · slightly rounder bowls

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Yomogiwider · lighter · slightly narrower bowls

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Gloria Hallelujahwider · rounder bowls · slightly lighter serifs

These are the first 3 of 1000 ranked. The full list, and the same ranking against every font you own, is part of founding access.

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