Fonts like Barlow Semi Condensed
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Barlow Semi Condensed, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Barlow Semi Condensed is Roboto Condensed (similarity 82), then Abel and Sofia 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
AbelOFL-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
Sofia 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 82 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Abel OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Sofia Sans Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Barlow OFL-1.1
Similarity 76 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Iosevka Aile OFL-1.1
Similarity 74 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Cossette Texte OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Archivo Narrow OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Saira Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
PT Sans Narrow OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Carrois Gothic OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Gidole OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Adwaita Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 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.