Calistoga vs DotGothic16

Calistoga and DotGothic16 are both freely available display fonts. They share 79% design similarity. This comparison helps you pick between two strong open-source options.

79% Similarity

Design DNA

Design overlap:75%

Calistoga

Visual
BoldRetroExpressiveWarm

DotGothic16

Visual
BoldRetroExpressive

Highlighted traits are shared between both fonts

Visual Comparison

Calistoga

Free

Aa Bb Cc 123

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 !@#$%^&*()

DotGothic16

Free

Aa Bb Cc 123

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 !@#$%^&*()

Feature Comparison

Feature Calistoga DotGothic16
Type Free Free
Classification display display
Variable Font No No
Weights 400 400
Italics No No
License OFL-1.1 OFL-1.1
Language Support latin, latin-extended, vietnamese latin, latin-extended, cyrillic, japanese
Source Google Fonts Google Fonts

Weight & Style Coverage

Calistoga: 1 weights
DotGothic16: 1 weights
| 1 shared weight
Calistoga
DotGothic16
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Performance Comparison

Metric Calistoga DotGothic16
Score 48/100 N/A
File Size 87.6 KB N/A
Weights 1 N/A
Italics No N/A
Variable Font No N/A
Language Groups 3 N/A
CDN Delivery Yes N/A
x-Height Ratio 0.53 N/A
Cap Height Ratio 0.698 N/A

Which Should You Choose?

Recommended: Calistoga

  • warm, bold character
  • Free under OFL-1.1
View Calistoga →

Consider: DotGothic16

  • retro, expressive character
  • Broader language and script support
  • Free under OFL-1.1
View DotGothic16 →
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