Fonts like Waiting for the Sunrise
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Waiting for the Sunrise, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Waiting for the Sunrise is Salsa (similarity 3), then Shadows Into Light Two and Single Day. Salsa 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 sideSalsaOFL-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
Shadows Into Light TwoOFL-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
Single DayOFL-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
Salsa OFL-1.1
Similarity 3 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Shadows Into Light Two OFL-1.1
Similarity 3 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Single Day OFL-1.1
Similarity 3 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Piedra OFL-1.1
Similarity 2 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Chewy Apache-2.0
Similarity 2 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Skranji OFL-1.1
Similarity 1 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Bubblegum Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 1 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Acme OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Winky Rough OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Nerko One OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Spicy Rice OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
DynaPuff OFL-1.1
Similarity 0 — 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.