Fonts like Ink Free
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Ink Free, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Ink Free is Rancho (similarity 6), then Rubik Wet Paint and Boogaloo. Rancho is released under the Apache License 2.0 and is free for commercial use.
System font No preview: commercial font, described from its sources
Ink Free
Designer Steve Matteson
Vendor Monotype Imaging Inc.
Supplied With
Windows 11Windows 10
CSS fallback font stack
font-family: "Ink Free", "Rancho", cursive;Use Ink Free when installed on the visitor's device, automatically falling back to Rancho (closest open lookalike).
Ink Free 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 sideRanchoApache-2.0
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 fileAllowed, with conditions
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Rubik Wet PaintOFL-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
BoogalooOFL-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
Rancho Apache-2.0
Similarity 6 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Rubik Wet Paint OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Boogaloo OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Jersey 25 Charted OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Jersey 20 Charted OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Caveat Brush OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Covered By Your Grace OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Berkshire Swash OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Knewave OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Rubik Beastly OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Delicious Handrawn OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Piedra OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 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.