Fonts like Zen Maru Gothic
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Zen Maru Gothic, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Zen Maru Gothic is Wix Madefor Text (similarity 73), then Almarai and Pontano Sans. Wix Madefor Text 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 sideWix Madefor TextOFL-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
AlmaraiOFL-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
Pontano SansOFL-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
Wix Madefor Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 73 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Almarai OFL-1.1
Similarity 72 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Pontano Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 71 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Gothic A1 OFL-1.1
Similarity 69 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Nunito OFL-1.1
Similarity 69 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Red Hat Text OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Roboto Flex OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Reddit Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Nunito Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 68 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
SN Pro OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Istok Web OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
M PLUS Rounded 1c OFL-1.1
Similarity 67 — 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.