Fonts like Shalimar
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Shalimar, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Shalimar is Bubblegum Sans (similarity 0), then Redressed and Moon Dance. Bubblegum Sans 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 sideBubblegum SansOFL-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
RedressedApache-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
Moon DanceOFL-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
Bubblegum Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Redressed Apache-2.0
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Moon Dance OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Style Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Oregano OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Rancho Apache-2.0
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Piedra OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Caveat Brush OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Fredericka the Great OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Akronim OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Trade Winds OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Oleo Script Swash Caps OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 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.