Fonts like Short Stack
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Short Stack, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Short Stack is Autour One (similarity 48), then Sour Gummy and Sniglet. Autour One 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 sideAutour 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
Sour GummyOFL-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
SnigletOFL-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
Autour One OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Sour Gummy OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Sniglet OFL-1.1
Similarity 46 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
McLaren OFL-1.1
Similarity 44 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Balsamiq Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Varela Round OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Chelsea Market OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Baloo 2 OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Lexend Exa OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Argentum Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Kanit OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Lexend OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 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.