Fonts like Special Elite
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Special Elite, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Special Elite is Monaspace Xenon (similarity 55), then Risque and Wellfleet. Monaspace Xenon 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 sideMonaspace XenonOFL-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
RisqueOFL-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
WellfleetOFL-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
Monaspace Xenon OFL-1.1
Similarity 55 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Risque OFL-1.1
Similarity 49 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Wellfleet OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Coustard OFL-1.1
Similarity 46 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Love Ya Like A Sister OFL-1.1
Similarity 46 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Rye OFL-1.1
Similarity 44 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Port Lligat Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Averia Serif Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Winky Rough OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Averia Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Caladea OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Maple Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 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.