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Cormorant Garamond vs Edgar
Cormorant Garamond provides Edgar's old-style lineage at display sizes. At 71% similarity, it shares the Renaissance foundations but optimizes for headlines rather than body text. Pair with EB Garamond or Crimson Pro for text to replicate Edgar's full range.
71% Similarity
Visual Comparison
Cormorant Garamond
FreeAa Bb Cc 123
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 !@#$%^&*()
Edgar
Premium
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Cormorant Garamond | Edgar |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Free | Premium |
| Classification | serif | serif |
| Variable Font | No | No |
| Weights | 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 | Multiple |
| Italics | Yes | Yes |
| License | OFL-1.1 | Commercial License Required |
| Language Support | latin, latin-extended, cyrillic, cyrillic-extended, vietnamese | latin, latin-extended |
| Source | Google Fonts | Frere-Jones Type |
Performance Comparison
| Metric | Cormorant Garamond | Edgar |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 45/100 | N/A |
| File Size | 324.7 KB | N/A |
| Weights | 5 | N/A |
| Italics | Yes | N/A |
| Variable Font | No | N/A |
| Language Groups | 5 | N/A |
| CDN Delivery | Yes | N/A |
| x-Height Ratio | 0.386 | N/A |
| Cap Height Ratio | 0.625 | N/A |
Which Should You Choose?
Recommended: Cormorant Garamond
- Particularly suited for display and headline typography and luxury brand communications
- Supports 5 scripts including cyrillic and cyrillic-extended
- Delivers a elegant, sophisticated, graceful aesthetic
- Popular in legal-law and education-academia design
- Versatile enough to replace 27+ premium fonts
Consider: Edgar
- Original design with refined typographic details
- Designed specifically for editorial and publishing
- Commercial license with professional support
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