Fonts like Nova Cut
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Nova Cut, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Nova Cut is Nova Slim (similarity 81), then Nova Round and Nova Flat. Nova Slim 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 sideNova SlimOFL-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
Nova RoundOFL-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
Nova FlatOFL-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
Nova Slim OFL-1.1
Similarity 81 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Nova Round OFL-1.1
Similarity 80 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Nova Flat OFL-1.1
Similarity 75 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Nova Square OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Nova Oval OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Nova Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
MedievalSharp OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Madimi One OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Iceberg OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Signika OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Scada OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Tauri OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 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.