Lookalike Fonts
Which fonts look most like Helvetica? What's a good substitute if you can't find Staccato? Many times companies will produce their own versions of another font. Occasionally the names will be similar such as Lithos and Lithographic. But often the names are totally dissimilar as in Perpetua and Lapidary 333. This list will help you find many of these lookalike fonts, font aliases, clones, and close-match fonts. It's not a comprehensive list by any means, but it is a start and encompasses typefaces from many well-known sources including Monotype, Bitstream, Adobe, Corel, and Linotype AG.
Lookalike Fonts
Describes how these lists of lookalike fonts was compiled and how the entries are formated.
Describes how these lists of lookalike fonts was compiled and how the entries are formated.
A
It's the "A" List of lookalike fonts including Aachen, Aardvark, American Text, Amy, Architecture, and Aurora.
It's the "A" List of lookalike fonts including Aachen, Aardvark, American Text, Amy, Architecture, and Aurora.
B
Begin your search for lookalikes for Backfire or Blizzard or Bodoni or Buster and other B fonts here.
Begin your search for lookalikes for Backfire or Blizzard or Bodoni or Buster and other B fonts here.
C
Catch a glimpse of lookalike fonts from Cabel and Cable to Crescent and Croissant.
Catch a glimpse of lookalike fonts from Cabel and Cable to Crescent and Croissant.
D
Dive into font clones such as De Vinne, Dixieland, Dutch, and Dutchess.
Dive into font clones such as De Vinne, Dixieland, Dutch, and Dutchess.
E
Examine font aliases for Egyptian, Electra, Embassy, English, Expo, Exotica, and more.
Examine font aliases for Egyptian, Electra, Embassy, English, Expo, Exotica, and more.
F
Find font aliases from Fairefax to Futura.
Find font aliases from Fairefax to Futura.
G
Get lookalikes for Garamond, Gill Sans, and Goudy and more fonts that start with G.
Get lookalikes for Garamond, Gill Sans, and Goudy and more fonts that start with G.
H
Have a gander at font clones for Helvetica and many others.
Have a gander at font clones for Helvetica and many others.
I
Investigate aliases for fonts such as Impact, Imperial, Ironwood, and Italian Script.
Investigate aliases for fonts such as Impact, Imperial, Ironwood, and Italian Script.
J
Jump into Janson, Jewel, Juniper and more to find their lookalikes.
Jump into Janson, Jewel, Juniper and more to find their lookalikes.
K
Keep this list handy when you need font clones for Kabel, Kaufmann, Keypunch, or Kunstler Script.
Keep this list handy when you need font clones for Kabel, Kaufmann, Keypunch, or Kunstler Script.
L
Look no further for lookalikes for Lapidary, Letter Gothic, Liberty, Libra, Lithos, Ludlow Black, and Lydian.
Look no further for lookalikes for Lapidary, Letter Gothic, Liberty, Libra, Lithos, Ludlow Black, and Lydian.
M
Meander through the lookalike fonts for Machine, Mandate, Memorandum, Memphis, Motor, Mystical, and many more.
Meander through the lookalike fonts for Machine, Mandate, Memorandum, Memphis, Motor, Mystical, and many more.
N
Name that clone for Nebraska, New Baskerville, or Nuptial.
Name that clone for Nebraska, New Baskerville, or Nuptial.
O
Old Style to Original Garamond, there are oh so many lookalikes.
Old Style to Original Garamond, there are oh so many lookalikes.
P
Puruse the lookalikes for Pabst, Palatino, Provence, and plenty more.
Puruse the lookalikes for Pabst, Palatino, Provence, and plenty more.
Q
Quite a short list of lookalikes includes Quicksilver and Quincy.
Quite a short list of lookalikes includes Quicksilver and Quincy.
R
Review the lookalikes for a range of names from Raleigh to Ribbon to Ruhr.
Review the lookalikes for a range of names from Raleigh to Ribbon to Ruhr.
S
Sift through all the clones from Sabon to Syntax.
Sift through all the clones from Sabon to Syntax.
T
Take time to find lookalikes for the likes of Technical, Times, Transitional, or Trump Mediaeval.
Take time to find lookalikes for the likes of Technical, Times, Transitional, or Trump Mediaeval.
U
U can find font substitutes for Univers, USA, Utopia and more.
U can find font substitutes for Univers, USA, Utopia and more.
V
Very short list includes font clones for Venetian, Viking, Vogue, and a few more.
Very short list includes font clones for Venetian, Viking, Vogue, and a few more.
W
Want a lookalike for Wayland, Wedding Text, or Windsor?
Want a lookalike for Wayland, Wedding Text, or Windsor?
X
It's starting to lookalike Xmas.
It's starting to lookalike Xmas.
Y
Y not look for an alternative to Youth?
Y not look for an alternative to Youth?
Z
Save Z best for last, including Zapf this and that and Zurich.
Save Z best for last, including Zapf this and that and Zurich.