Fonts like Zen Loop
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Zen Loop, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Zen Loop is Sofia Sans Extra Condensed (similarity 49), then BenchNine and Economica. Sofia Sans Extra Condensed 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 sideSofia Sans Extra CondensedOFL-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
BenchNineOFL-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
EconomicaOFL-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
Sofia Sans Extra Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 49 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
BenchNine OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Economica OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Oswald OFL-1.1
Similarity 44 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Cossette Titre OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Instrument Serif OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Big Shoulders Inline OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Pathway Gothic One OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Yanone Kaffeesatz OFL-1.1
Similarity 39 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Barlow Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Homenaje OFL-1.1
Similarity 38 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Saira Extra Condensed OFL-1.1
Similarity 37 — 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.