Fonts like Zen Dots
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Zen Dots, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Zen Dots is Goldman (similarity 68), then Audiowide and Wallpoet. Goldman 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 sideGoldmanOFL-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
AudiowideOFL-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
WallpoetOFL-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
Goldman OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Audiowide OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Wallpoet OFL-1.1
Similarity 58 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Science Gothic OFL-1.1
Similarity 57 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Special Gothic Expanded One OFL-1.1
Similarity 56 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Bruno Ace OFL-1.1
Similarity 54 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Days One OFL-1.1
Similarity 50 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Zalando Sans Expanded OFL-1.1
Similarity 48 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Krona One OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Prosto One OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
BBH Hegarty OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Unbounded OFL-1.1
Similarity 46 — 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.