Fonts like Yesteryear
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Yesteryear, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Yesteryear is Knewave (similarity 31), then Satisfy and Praise. Knewave 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 sideKnewaveOFL-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
SatisfyApache-2.0
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 fileAllowed, with conditions
No credit needed in your workAllowed
PraiseOFL-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
Knewave OFL-1.1
Similarity 31 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Satisfy Apache-2.0
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Praise OFL-1.1
Similarity 14 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Seaweed Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 13 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Kaushan Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 12 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Marck Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 10 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Ceviche One OFL-1.1
Similarity 10 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Beth Ellen OFL-1.1
Similarity 8 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Yellowtail Apache-2.0
Similarity 8 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Caveat OFL-1.1
Similarity 8 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Romanesco OFL-1.1
Similarity 8 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Dancing Script OFL-1.1
Similarity 6 — 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.