Fonts like Basic
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Basic, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Basic is Merriweather Sans (similarity 84), then Fira Sans and Doppio One. Merriweather Sans 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 sideMerriweather SansOFL-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
Fira SansOFL-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
Doppio OneOFL-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
Merriweather Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 84 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Fira Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 82 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Doppio One OFL-1.1
Similarity 82 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Rambla OFL-1.1
Similarity 81 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Voces OFL-1.1
Similarity 80 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Mukta OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Tauri OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Noto Sans Display OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Allerta OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Ancizar Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Murecho OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Inria Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 76 — 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.