Fonts like Permanent Marker
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Permanent Marker, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Permanent Marker is Rubik Bubbles (similarity 50), then Rubik Spray Paint and Rubik Distressed. Rubik Bubbles 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 sideRubik BubblesOFL-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
Rubik Spray PaintOFL-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
Rubik DistressedOFL-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
Rubik Bubbles OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Rubik Spray Paint OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Rubik Distressed OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Shojumaru OFL-1.1
Similarity 44 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Rubik Gemstones OFL-1.1
Similarity 44 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Rubik Beastly OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Lemon OFL-1.1
Similarity 39 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Hanalei Fill OFL-1.1
Similarity 39 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Coiny OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Chewy Apache-2.0
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
DynaPuff OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Rubik Dirt OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 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.