# Comparisons

Each comparison sets Katagami next to another typeface and compares their license, weights, axes, scripts and features. Facts about the other typefaces come from their official pages, and each comparison links its sources.

- [Katagami vs Inter](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-inter): Katagami starts from Inter's open-source outlines, and both families are free under the SIL Open Font License. Katagami squares the curves and cuts terminals level. It adds a rounded member, a reading member, a serif and a mono, and it merges 19 more scripts.
- [Katagami vs Geist](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-geist): Geist and Katagami are both free families with a sans and a mono under the SIL Open Font License. Katagami adds a rounded sans, a reading face and a serif, and sets 22 scripts plus Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
- [Katagami Mono vs Geist Mono](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-mono-vs-geist-mono): Katagami Mono and Geist Mono are free monospace fonts under the SIL Open Font License. Each one has a sans in the same family to pair with.
- [Katagami Mono vs JetBrains Mono](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-mono-vs-jetbrains-mono): Both are free monospace fonts for code under the SIL Open Font License. JetBrains Mono turns its code ligatures on by default. Katagami Mono keeps them off until you turn on dlig.
- [Katagami Mono vs Fira Code](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-mono-vs-fira-code): Fira Code is a monospace font built around programming ligatures. Katagami Mono has a small set of code ligatures that stay off by default.
- [Katagami vs IBM Plex](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-ibm-plex): IBM Plex and Katagami are both free families with a sans, a serif and a mono under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Mono vs IBM Plex Mono](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-mono-vs-ibm-plex-mono): Both are free monospace fonts under the SIL Open Font License, and each is part of a larger family.
- [Katagami Serif vs IBM Plex Serif](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-ibm-plex-serif): Both are free serifs under the SIL Open Font License that pair with a sans and a mono from the same family.
- [Katagami vs Roboto](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-roboto): Roboto is Google's interface typeface. Katagami Sans is a squared sans with four sibling members, and it is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami vs SF Pro](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-sf-pro): SF Pro is Apple's system typeface, and its license covers designing interfaces for Apple platforms. Katagami is free to use and ship in any product under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami vs Helvetica](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-helvetica): Helvetica is a commercial typeface licensed from Monotype. Katagami Sans is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Mono vs Berkeley Mono](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-mono-vs-berkeley-mono): Berkeley Mono is a commercial monospace font. Katagami Mono was measured against it for its cell and arms, contains none of its outlines, and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Sans vs Camber](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-sans-vs-camber): Camber is a commercial sans with squared curves. Katagami Sans was measured against it for proportion and curve shape, contains none of its outlines, and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Text vs PP Mori](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-text-vs-pp-mori): PP Mori is a commercial sans. Katagami Text was measured against its proportions, contains none of its outlines, and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs NewsSerif](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-newsserif): NewsSerif is a commercial serif family by Character Type. It was measured as a reference for the first Katagami Serif. Katagami Serif contains none of its outlines and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs Signifier](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-signifier): Signifier is a commercial serif by Kris Sowersby at Klim Type Foundry. Katagami Serif follows Signifier's published design notes for rectangular baseline serifs, triangular head serifs and chopped terminals. Katagami Serif contains none of its outlines and is free under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami Serif vs Source Serif 4](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-serif-vs-source-serif): Source Serif 4 and Katagami Serif are both free serifs under the SIL Open Font License.
- [Katagami vs Noto Sans](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-noto-sans): The Noto project covers the scripts of Unicode across many fonts, and Noto Sans is its font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Katagami draws its own Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. It merges 19 scripts from the Noto Sans fonts and scales them to Katagami's x-height.

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Source: https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare