Fonts like Original Surfer
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Original Surfer, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Original Surfer is Galindo (similarity 55), then McLaren and Marko One. Galindo 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 sideGalindoOFL-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
McLarenOFL-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
Marko OneOFL-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
Galindo OFL-1.1
Similarity 55 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
McLaren OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Marko One OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Coustard OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Gluten OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Stoke OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Balsamiq Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Salsa OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Poltawski Nowy OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Valley Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Artifika OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Arbutus Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 36 — 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.