EB Garamond vs Editorial New

EB Garamond replaces Editorial New's contemporary charm with Renaissance scholarly authority. At 75% similarity, it shares the old-style heritage with superior language coverage. The personality shifts from trend-forward contemporary to classical humanism, but the design quality and editorial capability are comparable.

75% Similarity

Visual Comparison

EB Garamond

Free

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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Editorial New

Premium

Feature Comparison

Feature	EB Garamond	Editorial New
Type	Free	Premium
Classification	serif	serif
Variable Font	Yes	No
Weights	Variable (100-900)	Multiple
Italics	Yes	Yes
License	OFL-1.1	Commercial License Required
Language Support	latin, latin-extended, cyrillic, cyrillic-extended, greek, greek-extended, vietnamese	latin, latin-extended
Source	Google Fonts	Pangram Pangram

Performance Comparison

Metric	EB Garamond	Editorial New
Score	55/100	N/A
File Size	640.5 KB	N/A
Weights	9 (var)	N/A
Italics	Yes	N/A
Variable Font	Yes (1 axes)	N/A
Language Groups	7	N/A
CDN Delivery	Yes	N/A
x-Height Ratio	0.4	N/A
Cap Height Ratio	0.65	N/A

Where You'll See These Fonts

Editorial New

Creative agency portfolio websites
Startup editorial and blog content
Fashion brand landing pages
Design studio identity systems
Behance and Dribbble showcase projects

Which Should You Choose?

Recommended: EB Garamond

Shares Editorial New's elegant character
Particularly suited for scholarly and literary display and multilingual editorial projects
Variable font with continuous weight adjustment
Supports 7 scripts including cyrillic and cyrillic-extended
Delivers a classic, elegant, heritage aesthetic

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