Source Sans Pro vs Verdana

Verdana is a common reference point; Source Sans Pro is one of the closest free families to reach for. With 75% similarity, Source Sans Pro shares Verdana's emphasis on screen legibility with similar open apertures and clear letterforms. Source Sans Pro also ships as a variable font, so you can dial in weights instead of being stuck with fixed steps.

75% Similarity

Visual Comparison

Source Sans Pro

Free

Aa Bb Cc 123

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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

Verdana

Premium

Feature Comparison

Feature	Source Sans Pro	Verdana
Type	Free	Premium
Classification	sans-serif	sans-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, cyrillic, greek
Source	Google Fonts	Microsoft

Performance Comparison

Metric	Source Sans Pro	Verdana
Score	69/100	N/A
File Size	181.1 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	0.486	N/A
Cap Height Ratio	0.66	N/A