Fonts like Fraunces
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Fraunces, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Fraunces is Redaction (similarity 74), then Arbutus Slab and Brygada 1918. Redaction 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 sideRedactionOFL-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
Brygada 1918OFL-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
Redaction OFL-1.1
Similarity 74 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Arbutus Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 73 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Brygada 1918 OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Platypi OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Libre Baskerville OFL-1.1
Similarity 69 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Monomakh OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Stoke OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Petrona OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Literata OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Cantata One OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
STIX Two Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Amethysta OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 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.