Fonts like Special Gothic Expanded One
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Special Gothic Expanded One, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Special Gothic Expanded One is Days One (similarity 78), then BBH Hegarty and Archivo Black. Days 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 sideDays 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
BBH HegartyOFL-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
Archivo BlackOFL-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
Days One OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
BBH Hegarty OFL-1.1
Similarity 75 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Archivo Black OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Unbounded OFL-1.1
Similarity 70 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Krona One OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Prosto One OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Goldman OFL-1.1
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Science Gothic OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Zalando Sans Expanded OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Goblin One OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Russo One OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Poller One OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 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.