Fonts like Freehand
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Freehand, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Freehand is Seaweed Script (similarity 99), then Knewave and Praise. Seaweed Script 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 sideSeaweed ScriptOFL-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
KnewaveOFL-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
PraiseOFL-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
Seaweed Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 99 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Knewave OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Praise OFL-1.1
Similarity 27 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Dancing Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Miniver OFL-1.1
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Condiment OFL-1.1
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Vampiro One OFL-1.1
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Yellowtail Apache-2.0
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Beth Ellen OFL-1.1
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Courgette OFL-1.1
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Aguafina Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 15 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Yesteryear OFL-1.1
Similarity 15 — 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.