Fonts like New Amsterdam
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to New Amsterdam, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to New Amsterdam is Bebas Neue (similarity 80), then Staatliches and Norwester. Bebas Neue 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 sideBebas 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
StaatlichesOFL-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
NorwesterOFL-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
Bebas Neue OFL-1.1
Similarity 80 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Staatliches OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Norwester OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
BBH Bogle 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 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Anton OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Squada One OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Alumni Sans Inline One OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Alumni Sans Collegiate One OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Unica One OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Freeman OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Special Gothic Condensed One OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 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.