Fonts like Cinzel
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Cinzel, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Cinzel is Julius Sans One (similarity 57), then Castoro Titling and Aboreto. Julius Sans One 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 sideJulius Sans 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
Castoro TitlingOFL-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
AboretoOFL-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
Julius Sans One OFL-1.1
Similarity 57 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Castoro Titling OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Aboreto OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Marcellus SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Cormorant SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 34 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Playfair Display SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 30 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Vollkorn SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 29 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Cormorant Unicase OFL-1.1
Similarity 25 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Encode Sans SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 25 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Ysabeau SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 24 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Spectral OFL-1.1
Similarity 21 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Hedvig Letters Serif OFL-1.1
Similarity 20 — 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.