Fonts like LXGW WenKai Mono TC
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to LXGW WenKai Mono TC, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to LXGW WenKai Mono TC is Kosugi Maru (similarity 64), then Maple Mono and Iosevka. Kosugi Maru is released under the Apache License 2.0 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 sideKosugi MaruApache-2.0
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 fileAllowed, with conditions
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Maple MonoOFL-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
IosevkaOFL-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
Kosugi Maru Apache-2.0
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Maple Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Iosevka OFL-1.1
Similarity 57 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Iosevka Charon Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 55 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Adwaita Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 55 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Neucha OFL-1.1
Similarity 55 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Iosevka Curly OFL-1.1
Similarity 54 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Datatype OFL-1.1
Similarity 52 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Reddit Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Pitagon Sans Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Iosevka Aile OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Iosevka Curly Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 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.