Fonts like Syncopate
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Syncopate, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Syncopate is Stint Ultra Expanded (similarity 19), then Zalando Sans Expanded and Sekuya. Stint Ultra Expanded 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 sideStint Ultra ExpandedOFL-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
Zalando Sans ExpandedOFL-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
SekuyaOFL-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
Stint Ultra Expanded OFL-1.1
Similarity 19 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Zalando Sans Expanded OFL-1.1
Similarity 15 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Sekuya OFL-1.1
Similarity 12 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Goldman OFL-1.1
Similarity 7 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Red Rose OFL-1.1
Similarity 6 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Genos OFL-1.1
Similarity 4 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Prosto One OFL-1.1
Similarity 4 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Unbounded OFL-1.1
Similarity 3 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Michroma OFL-1.1
Similarity 2 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Special Gothic Expanded One OFL-1.1
Similarity 1 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Gruppo OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Lexend Zetta OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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.