Fonts like Shadows Into Light
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Shadows Into Light, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Shadows Into Light is Chewy (similarity 11), then Nerko One and Skranji. Chewy is released under the Apache License 2.0 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 sideChewyApache-2.0
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 fileAllowed, with conditions
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Nerko 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
SkranjiOFL-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
Chewy Apache-2.0
Similarity 11 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Nerko One OFL-1.1
Similarity 8 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Skranji OFL-1.1
Similarity 7 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Concert One OFL-1.1
Similarity 7 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Averia Sans Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 7 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Patrick Hand OFL-1.1
Similarity 6 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Winky Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 6 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Pangolin OFL-1.1
Similarity 6 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Acme OFL-1.1
Similarity 6 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Spicy Rice OFL-1.1
Similarity 5 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
VT323 OFL-1.1
Similarity 5 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Protest Riot OFL-1.1
Similarity 5 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Family variants
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.