Fonts like Young Serif
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Young Serif, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Young Serif is Radley (similarity 65), then Averia Serif Libre and Arbutus Slab. Radley 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 sideRadleyOFL-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
Averia Serif LibreOFL-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
Arbutus 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
Radley OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Averia Serif Libre OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Arbutus Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Stoke OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Bagnard OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Fraunces OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Libre Baskerville OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Vollkorn OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Redaction OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Gelasio OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Shafarik OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Crete Round 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.