Fonts like Bad Script
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Bad Script, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Bad Script is Allan (similarity 9), then Edu TAS Beginner and Akronim. Allan 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 sideAllanOFL-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
Edu TAS BeginnerOFL-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
AkronimOFL-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⚠️ No open font is very close; these share some traits.
#1
Allan OFL-1.1
Similarity 9 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Edu TAS Beginner OFL-1.1
Similarity 7 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Akronim OFL-1.1
Similarity 5 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Romanesco OFL-1.1
Similarity 1 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Caveat Brush OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Square Peg OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Knewave OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Oleo Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Boogaloo OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Edu VIC WA NT Beginner OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Edu QLD Beginner OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Chicle OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Fonts made for other scripts with similar Latin letters
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.