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Open licence · Serif

Rufina

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Rufinathe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

normal x-heightwidehigh 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 Rufina, 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 Rufina, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Frank Ruhl Libre webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Frank Ruhl Libre.

Frank Ruhl Libreslightly narrower bowls · slightly narrower

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Alikeslightly lower contrast · slightly narrower bowls

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Gideon Romanslightly lower contrast · slightly rounder bowls

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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Rufina as a free alternative to

Rufina is suggested on 2 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.