Ink Free alternatives. Closest free font by our measurements: Give You Glory, score 89.
Give You Glory (89) edges out Waiting for the Sunrise (85) as the free font nearest Ink Free; Shadows Into Light comes third at 85 of the 24 we measured.
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Score 89 · closest by measurements
Give You Glory

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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Ink Free

Against Ink Free: x-height 3.4% taller, 0.2% narrower, and 16% heavier.
Letters that differ most from Ink Free: q, A, and G.
Styles: 1 weight, no italics.
- ✓Web
- ✓Logo
- ✓Selling
- OFL 1.1
4 of the 24 reach 80 against Ink Free.
Which Ink Free alternative to pick
Choose Give You Glory for Ink Free when the closest measured score matters: it scores 89, with letters 0.2% narrower and ink 16% darker. Waiting for the Sunrise scores 85 against Ink Free and has ink 3.3% lighter, while Reenie Beanie is 27% narrower than Ink Free if a short heading needs less horizontal space.
Where Give You Glory and Ink Free differ
01 / Where the difference shows
q, A, and G: Give You Glory parts from Ink Free most here
Give You Glory keeps Ink Free’s width within 0.2%; the widest gap is 16% heavier.
The lab labels Give You Glory against Ink Free: 16% heavier and x-height 3% taller.
- x-height+3.4%
- Width−0.2%
- Weight+16%
Every free font measured against Ink Free
| Free font | Score | x-height | Width | Weight | Contrast | Letters that differ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give You Glory | 89 | +3.4% | −0.2% | +16% | none recorded | q A G |
| Waiting for the Sunrise | 85 | −5.9% | −13% | −3.3% | none recorded | Y I U |
| Shadows Into Light | 85 | +15% | −17% | +28% | none recorded | 4 I 8 |
| Architects Daughter | 80 | −11% | +9.2% | +54% | none recorded | 1 y E |
| Reenie Beanie | 79 | −22% | −27% | +13% | none recorded | 8 v 3 |
| Mynerve | 79 | −14% | +2% | +48% | none recorded | c p U |
| Covered By Your Grace | 78 | −7.3% | −18% | +98% | none recorded | O 8 w |
| Shadows Into Light Two | 77 | +13% | −15% | +45% | none recorded | I Z 1 |
| Just Me Again Down Here | 75 | −45% | −35% | +154% | none recorded | c p G |
| Fuzzy Bubbles | 75 | +0.6% | +21% | +38% | none recorded | G c 9 |
| Liu Jian Mao Cao | 75 | +13% | −16% | +8.9% | none recorded | L p j |
| Over the Rainbow | 75 | +52% | +1.4% | −1.9% | none recorded | p L j |
| The Girl Next Door | 73 | +2.7% | +4.1% | +7.9% | none recorded | I H q |
| First Time Writing! | 73 | +1.6% | −3.8% | −33% | none recorded | G d I |
| Square Peg | 72 | −49% | −41% | +80% | none recorded | 9 j 6 |
| Long Cang | 72 | −15% | −15% | +18% | none recorded | m f A |
| Grape Nuts | 71 | −34% | −13% | +45% | none recorded | p t a |
| Handlee | 71 | −6.5% | −6.5% | +45% | none recorded | B A g |
| Indie Flower | 71 | −25% | −1.9% | +46% | none recorded | b 6 c |
| Schoolbell | 70 | −10% | −6.3% | +81% | none recorded | c y d |
| Nanum Pen Script | 69 | −8.8% | −17% | +30% | none recorded | I 8 e |
| Annie Use Your Telescope | 69 | −7.5% | −22% | +17% | none recorded | d H I |
| Shalimar | 69 | −44% | −48% | +41% | none recorded | 8 t l |
| Loved by the King | 68 | +24% | −35% | +22% | none recorded | 7 8 v |
Can I use these Ink Free alternatives for…
| Free font | Web | App | Logo | Selling | Commercial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give You Glory | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waiting for the Sunrise | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shadows Into Light | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- * Give You Glory, Waiting for the Sunrise, and Shadows Into Light, Ink Free alternatives inside an app: include the copyright notice and licence with the font files.
- OFL 1.1 text
- Full conditions for Ink Free alternatives
Ink Free alternatives: questions
What is the closest free alternative to Ink Free?
Give You Glory scores 89 against Ink Free, ahead of Waiting for the Sunrise (85) and Shadows Into Light (85) among 24 free fonts.
Which Ink Free alternative is closest in size?
Give You Glory matches both Ink Free’s width (0.2% narrower) and its x-height (x-height 3.4% taller) most closely of these 5.
How does Waiting for the Sunrise differ from Ink Free?
Waiting for the Sunrise scores 85 against Ink Free: x-height 5.9% shorter, 13% narrower, and 3.3% lighter. Its Y, I, and U differ most from Ink Free’s.
Which Ink Free alternative has the most weights?
Give You Glory has the most of the Ink Free picks here, 1 weight; Waiting for the Sunrise has 1 weight, Shadows Into Light has 1 weight, and Architects Daughter has 1 weight.
Can I use the Ink Free alternatives commercially?
Yes, all 5 free alternatives to Ink Free here allow commercial work.
Is Ink Free an open font?
No. Ink Free ships with Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.
Paid fonts that share free alternatives with Ink Free
- Segoe Script → Kalam10 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Ink Free. Segoe Script against Ink Free: x-height 16% shorter, 31% wider, and 70% heavier.score 93
- Segoe Print → Kalam9 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Ink Free. Segoe Print against Ink Free: x-height 3.7% taller, 20% wider, and 58% heavier.score 99
- Comic Sans MS → Drama Sans4 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Ink Free. Comic Sans MS against Ink Free: x-height 2.4% taller, 12% wider, and 80% heavier.score 100