Fonts like Roboto Condensed

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Roboto Condensed, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

Quick answer

The closest open font to Roboto Condensed is Archivo Narrow (similarity 85), then Cossette Texte and Barlow Semi Condensed. Archivo Narrow 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
Target font Roboto Condensed OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#1 Lookalike Archivo Narrow Similarity 85 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2 Lookalike Cossette Texte Similarity 84 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3 Lookalike Barlow Semi Condensed Similarity 82 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

Top lookalikes: licence permissions

Commercial rights side by side
Archivo NarrowOFL-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
Cossette TexteOFL-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
Barlow Semi CondensedOFL-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
Similarity 85 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Similarity 84 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Similarity 82 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Similarity 81 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Similarity 81 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Gidole OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Similarity 79 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Similarity 78 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Similarity 78 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Similarity 78 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Similarity 77 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Similarity 76 โ€” 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 32ร—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.

Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.