Fonts like Jacques Francois
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Jacques Francois, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Jacques Francois is Buenard (similarity 67), then Baskervville and Fanwood Text. Buenard 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 sideBuenardOFL-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
BaskervvilleOFL-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
Fanwood TextOFL-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
Buenard OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Baskervville OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Fanwood Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Libertinus Serif Display OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Sorts Mill Goudy OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Bentham OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Shafarik OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Crimson Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
IM Fell Double Pica OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Lusitana OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Vollkorn OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Joan OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 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.