Fonts like Forum
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Forum, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Forum is Average Sans (similarity 56), then Nanum Myeongjo and Adamina. Average 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 sideAverage 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
Nanum MyeongjoOFL-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
AdaminaOFL-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
Average Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 56 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Nanum Myeongjo OFL-1.1
Similarity 52 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Adamina OFL-1.1
Similarity 52 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Murecho OFL-1.1
Similarity 52 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Libre Caslon Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 51 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Montaga OFL-1.1
Similarity 51 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Crimson Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 51 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Jost OFL-1.1
Similarity 51 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Rosario OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Belleza OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Molengo OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Spectral OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 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.