Fonts like Cutive Mono
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Cutive Mono, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Cutive Mono is Courier Prime (similarity 51), then Arbutus Slab and Sanchez. Courier Prime 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 sideCourier PrimeOFL-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
Arbutus SlabOFL-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
SanchezOFL-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
Courier Prime OFL-1.1
Similarity 51 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Arbutus Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Sanchez OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Monaspace Xenon OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Belgrano OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Sawarabi Mincho OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
IBM Plex Serif OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Literata OFL-1.1
Similarity 46 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Copse OFL-1.1
Similarity 46 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Podkova OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Libertinus Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Solway OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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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.