Fonts like Koulen
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Koulen, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Koulen is BBH Bogle (similarity 81), then Bebas Neue and New Amsterdam. BBH Bogle 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 sideBBH BogleOFL-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
Bebas NeueOFL-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
New AmsterdamOFL-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
BBH Bogle OFL-1.1
Similarity 81 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Bebas Neue OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
New Amsterdam OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Norwester OFL-1.1
Similarity 73 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Vina Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Anton OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Blackout Midnight OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Crushed Apache-2.0
Similarity 58 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Alumni Sans Inline One OFL-1.1
Similarity 57 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Freeman OFL-1.1
Similarity 56 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Special Gothic Condensed One OFL-1.1
Similarity 56 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Fjalla One OFL-1.1
Similarity 54 — 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.