Comic Sans MS alternatives. Closest free font by our measurements: Drama Sans, score 100.
Drama Sans reaches 100 against Comic Sans MS, the top of our scale; Playpen Sans (84) and Cause (81) follow among the 24 free fonts we measured.
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Score 100 · closest by measurements
Drama Sans
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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Comic Sans MS
Against Comic Sans MS: the same x-height, the same width, the same weight, and 0.7% more stroke contrast.
Styles: 1 weight, no italics.
- ✓Web
- ✓Logo
- ✓Selling
- OFL 1.1
3 of the 24 reach 80 against Comic Sans MS.
Which Comic Sans MS alternative to pick
Choose Drama Sans for Comic Sans MS when measured similarity is the priority: it scores 100, with 0% difference in x-height, width, and ink. If a Comic Sans MS project needs several weights, Playpen Sans has 8 and Cause has 9; Cause’s ink is 22% lighter than Comic Sans MS, while Playpen Sans is 2.4% lighter.
Where Drama Sans and Comic Sans MS differ
01 / Where the difference shows
Measured side by side
Drama Sans stays within 0.7% of Comic Sans MS on all four measures, stroke contrast being the largest gap.
The lab puts no difference label on Drama Sans against Comic Sans MS.
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- Width0%
- Weight0%
- Contrast+0.7%
Every free font measured against Comic Sans MS
| Free font | Score | x-height | Width | Weight | Contrast | Letters that differ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama Sans | 100 | 0% | 0% | 0% | +0.7% | none recorded |
| Playpen Sans | 84 | +1.2% | +2.6% | −2.4% | +12% | y G d |
| Cause | 81 | −6.2% | −3.2% | −22% | +13% | e O 1 |
| Itim | 72 | −18% | −7.1% | +11% | +30% | g a 4 |
| Delius Unicase | 71 | +41% | +38% | −33% | +19% | D O B |
| BoonJot | 71 | −7.2% | −4.2% | −10% | +45% | 8 r y |
| Fuzzy Bubbles | 70 | −1.8% | +8.1% | −23% | +6.8% | 0 U 8 |
| Short Stack | 69 | +0.5% | +21% | −17% | +12% | 8 6 9 |
| Schoolbell | 64 | −13% | −16% | +0.7% | +7.5% | 8 9 5 |
| Coming Soon | 64 | +1% | −3% | −33% | +3.2% | 0 4 6 |
| Delius | 64 | −4.6% | −2.9% | −19% | +17% | y D 0 |
| Delius Swash Caps | 61 | −4.4% | −2.9% | −19% | +17% | y R U |
| Patrick Hand | 60 | −13% | −23% | +6.8% | −4.8% | 9 b 4 |
| Fusion Kai G | 58 | −10% | −1.1% | −25% | +18% | 9 B D |
| Mynerve | 56 | −16% | −9% | −18% | +23% | 0 6 3 |
| Mali | 56 | −5.5% | +4.4% | −19% | +31% | e 1 G |
| Monaspace Radon | 56 | −0.5% | +19% | −11% | +16% | 0 y 8 |
| Gloria Hallelujah | 54 | −2.6% | +0.8% | −4% | +6.8% | 8 6 5 |
| Agrave Pro | 53 | +7.9% | −9.6% | −28% | +11% | G Y 4 |
| Patrick Hand SC | 52 | −15% | −21% | −18% | +6.1% | 9 4 8 |
| Architects Daughter | 51 | −13% | −2.6% | −14% | +16% | 6 3 1 |
| Sriracha | 50 | −9.2% | −5.3% | +27% | +54% | y P D |
| Gveret Levin | 50 | −2.6% | +3.7% | +26% | −6.7% | 5 8 0 |
| Chilanka | 49 | −8.2% | +0.4% | −24% | +6.4% | 8 9 0 |
Can I use these Comic Sans MS alternatives for…
| Free font | Web | App | Logo | Selling | Commercial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama Sans | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playpen Sans | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cause | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- * Drama Sans, Playpen Sans, and Cause, Comic Sans MS alternatives inside an app: include the copyright notice and licence with the font files.
- OFL 1.1 text
- Full conditions for Comic Sans MS alternatives
Comic Sans MS alternatives: questions
What is the closest free alternative to Comic Sans MS?
Drama Sans scores 100 against Comic Sans MS, ahead of Playpen Sans (84) and Cause (81) among 24 free fonts.
Which Comic Sans MS alternative is closest in size?
Drama Sans matches both Comic Sans MS’s width (no measurable gap) and its x-height (no measurable gap) most closely of these 5.
How does Playpen Sans differ from Comic Sans MS?
Playpen Sans scores 84 against Comic Sans MS: x-height 1.2% taller, 2.6% wider, 2.4% lighter, and 12% more stroke contrast. Its y, G, and d differ most from Comic Sans MS’s.
Which Comic Sans MS alternative has the most weights?
Cause has the most of the Comic Sans MS picks here, 9 weights; Playpen Sans has 8 weights, Delius Unicase has 2 weights, and Drama Sans has 1 weight.
Can I use the Comic Sans MS alternatives commercially?
Yes, all 5 free alternatives to Comic Sans MS here allow commercial work.
Is Comic Sans MS an open font?
No. Comic Sans MS ships with Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and macOS Tahoe.
Paid fonts that share free alternatives with Comic Sans MS
- Segoe Print → Kalam10 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Comic Sans MS. Segoe Print against Comic Sans MS: x-height 1.2% taller, 6.9% wider, 12% lighter, and 16% more stroke contrast.score 99
- Segoe Script → Kalam7 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Comic Sans MS. Segoe Script against Comic Sans MS: x-height 18% shorter, 17% wider, 5.5% lighter, and 199% more stroke contrast.score 93
- Ink Free → Give You Glory4 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Comic Sans MS. Ink Free against Comic Sans MS: x-height 2.3% shorter, 11% narrower, and 44% lighter.score 89
About Comic Sans MS
Vincent Connare designed Comic Sans MS for Microsoft in 1994, a casual script without joins, after comic-book lettering.
Besides Comic Sans MS, Vincent Connare designed Trebuchet MS.
Comic Sans MS is a font by Microsoft; FontForThat is not affiliated with Microsoft; this is an independent comparison.