Fonts like VT323
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to VT323, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to VT323 is Share Tech Mono (similarity 64), then Jockey One and Iosevka Curly Slab. Share Tech Mono 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 sideShare Tech MonoOFL-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
Jockey 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
Iosevka Curly SlabOFL-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
Share Tech Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Jockey One OFL-1.1
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Iosevka Curly Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 63 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Denk One OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Freeman OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Iosevka Curly OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Londrina Solid OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Special Gothic Condensed One OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Caacupe One OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Iosevka Charon Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 59 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Ranchers OFL-1.1
Similarity 58 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Squada One OFL-1.1
Similarity 58 — 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.