Fonts like Playfair Display SC
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Playfair Display SC, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Playfair Display SC is Vollkorn SC (similarity 61), then Alegreya SC and Cormorant SC. Vollkorn SC 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 sideVollkorn SCOFL-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
Alegreya SCOFL-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
Cormorant SCOFL-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
Vollkorn SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Alegreya SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 54 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Cormorant SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Overlock SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Mate SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Alegreya Sans SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
IM Fell French Canon SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Cormorant Unicase OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Alike OFL-1.1
Similarity 34 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Poly OFL-1.1
Similarity 34 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Alice OFL-1.1
Similarity 33 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Alike Angular OFL-1.1
Similarity 32 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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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.