Fonts like Archivo Narrow
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Archivo Narrow, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Archivo Narrow is Roboto Condensed (similarity 85), then Cossette Texte and IBM Plex Sans Condensed. Roboto Condensed is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.
Side-by-side comparison
Top lookalikes compared at the same size Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Top lookalikes: licence permissions
Commercial rights side by sideRoboto CondensedOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Cossette TexteOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
IBM Plex Sans CondensedOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
All 12 open lookalikes, ranked
Comparison based on letter shape and edge texture#1
Roboto Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 85 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Cossette Texte OFL-1.1
Similarity 82 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
IBM Plex Sans Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Fira Sans Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 76 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Carrois Gothic OFL-1.1
Similarity 76 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Reddit Sans Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 75 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
News Cycle OFL-1.1
Similarity 74 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Barlow Semi Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Heebo OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Fira Sans Extra Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Gidole OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Spline Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
How the similarity score works
Each score is calculated by comparing 62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at a 160px cap height on a 32×32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (weighted at 15%).
Scores are normalized on a standardized scale: 100 represents identical letterforms, and 0 represents an average pair among the 1571 fonts compared.