Fonts like Zen Tokyo Zoo
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Zen Tokyo Zoo, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Zen Tokyo Zoo is Rubik Lines (similarity 27), then Rubik Maze and Monoton. Rubik Lines 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 sideRubik LinesOFL-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
Rubik MazeOFL-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
MonotonOFL-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
Rubik Lines OFL-1.1
Similarity 27 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Rubik Maze OFL-1.1
Similarity 23 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Monoton OFL-1.1
Similarity 23 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Rowdies OFL-1.1
Similarity 20 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
OpenDyslexic OFL-1.1
Similarity 18 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Ramabhadra OFL-1.1
Similarity 17 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Archivo Black OFL-1.1
Similarity 17 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Momo Trust Display OFL-1.1
Similarity 17 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Tilt Warp OFL-1.1
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Tilt Prism OFL-1.1
Similarity 16 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Josefin Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 15 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Belanosima OFL-1.1
Similarity 15 — 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.