Fonts like Josefin Sans
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Josefin Sans, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Josefin Sans is Alata (similarity 68), then Belanosima and Jost. Alata 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 sideAlataOFL-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
BelanosimaOFL-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
JostOFL-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
Alata OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Belanosima OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Jost OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Average Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
League Spartan OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Outfit OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Afacad OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Bagnard Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Geom OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Federo OFL-1.1
Similarity 58 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Lato OFL-1.1
Similarity 58 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Libertinus Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 56 — 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.