Fonts like Bigelow Rules
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Bigelow Rules, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Bigelow Rules is Bahianita (similarity 48), then League Gothic and Imbue. Bahianita 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 sideBahianitaOFL-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
League GothicOFL-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
ImbueOFL-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
Bahianita OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
League Gothic OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Imbue OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Dorsa OFL-1.1
Similarity 39 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Jolly Lodger OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Bahiana OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Mouse Memoirs OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Stint Ultra Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 35 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Antonio OFL-1.1
Similarity 35 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Medula One OFL-1.1
Similarity 34 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Road Rage OFL-1.1
Similarity 31 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Tulpen One OFL-1.1
Similarity 31 — 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.