Fonts like Macondo
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Macondo, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Macondo is Macondo Swash Caps (similarity 62), then Delius and Salsa. Macondo Swash Caps 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 sideMacondo Swash CapsOFL-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
DeliusOFL-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
SalsaOFL-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
Macondo Swash Caps OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Delius OFL-1.1
Similarity 54 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Salsa OFL-1.1
Similarity 52 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Averia Gruesa Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Averia Serif Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Averia Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Overlock OFL-1.1
Similarity 49 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Libertinus Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 49 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Averia Sans Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Asul OFL-1.1
Similarity 44 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Crimson Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Delius Swash Caps OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 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.