Fonts like Jacques Francois Shadow
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Jacques Francois Shadow, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Jacques Francois Shadow is Bentham (similarity 19), then Caprasimo and Miltonian Tattoo. Bentham 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 sideBenthamOFL-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
CaprasimoOFL-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
Miltonian TattooOFL-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
Bentham OFL-1.1
Similarity 19 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Caprasimo OFL-1.1
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Miltonian Tattoo OFL-1.1
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Young Serif OFL-1.1
Similarity 17 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Rye OFL-1.1
Similarity 17 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Fredericka the Great OFL-1.1
Similarity 17 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Rubik Dirt OFL-1.1
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Rubik Distressed OFL-1.1
Similarity 15 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Tagesschrift OFL-1.1
Similarity 14 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Kavoon OFL-1.1
Similarity 14 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Rubik Maze OFL-1.1
Similarity 14 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Rubik Beastly OFL-1.1
Similarity 14 — 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.