Darker Grotesque vs Tuffy
Tuffy is about 15% wider than Darker Grotesque in lowercase text, so a paragraph set in one will break lines differently in the other.
Handgloves 2026
Handgloves 2026
| Darker Grotesque | Tuffy | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sans serif | Sans serif |
| Weights | Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black | Regular, Bold |
| Italics | No | Yes |
| Variable font | Yes | No |
| Average lowercase width | 398.8 | 460.5 |
| Digits | proportional | proportional |
| Character sets | 3 | 7 |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Weights both families offer: Regular, Bold.
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Questions people ask
+Is Tuffy a good replacement for Darker Grotesque?
Tuffy is about 15% wider than Darker Grotesque in lowercase text, so a paragraph set in one will break lines differently in the other. Their mean width difference is 37 units per 1000 em (loosely similar widths).
+Which is wider, Darker Grotesque or Tuffy?
Tuffy is wider, by about 15% in lowercase text.
+Do both support the same languages?
Both cover Latin, Central European. Only Darker Grotesque has Vietnamese. Only Tuffy has Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Phoenician.
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