Fonts like Constantia
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Constantia, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Constantia is Buenard (similarity 81), then Shafarik and Vollkorn. Buenard is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.
System font No preview: commercial font, described from its sources
Constantia
Designer John Hudson
Vendor Microsoft Corp.
Supplied With
Windows 11Windows 10Windows 8.1
CSS fallback font stack
font-family: "Constantia", "Buenard", serif;Use Constantia when installed on the visitor's device, automatically falling back to Buenard (closest open lookalike).
Constantia Licence & Permissions
Fonts supplied with Windows (Microsoft's font FAQ)LicenseRef-Windows-Font
Commercial workAllowed, with conditions
Logo or wordmarkAllowed, with conditions
WebsiteNot allowed
App or gameNot allowed
Modify the fontNot allowed
Share the font fileNot allowed
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
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
Top lookalikes: licence permissions
Commercial rights side by sideBuenardOFL-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
ShafarikOFL-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
VollkornOFL-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
Buenard OFL-1.1
Similarity 81 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Shafarik OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Vollkorn OFL-1.1
Similarity 75 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Trykker OFL-1.1
Similarity 75 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Castoro OFL-1.1
Similarity 74 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Average OFL-1.1
Similarity 73 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Prociono OFL-1.1
Similarity 73 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Rosarivo OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Habibi OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Poly OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Bona Nova SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Joan OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 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.