Fonts like Kalam
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Kalam, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Kalam is Courgette (similarity 42), then Protest Riot and Paprika. Courgette 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 sideCourgetteOFL-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
Protest RiotOFL-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
PaprikaOFL-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
Courgette OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Protest Riot OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Paprika OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Alkatra OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Allan OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Agbalumo OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Oleo Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Fugaz One OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Chewy Apache-2.0
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Sedgwick Ave OFL-1.1
Similarity 35 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Edu TAS Beginner OFL-1.1
Similarity 34 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Monaspace Radon OFL-1.1
Similarity 33 — 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.