Electron beam melting (EBM) is a powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) process for metal powder printing with wide applications in key industrial sectors, including automotive, healthcare, aerospace, etc. The high-temperature processing of this technique extensively sinters the powders on the surfaces and creates a poor and coarse surface finish. Differences between the surfaces from EBM in comparison with other AM processes make it difficult to answer which measurement method, with what measurement settings, and which evaluation parameters should be used for surface characterization. In this work, the performance of various optical methods for the measurement of areal topography of rough EBM-made metal surfaces was investigated. A specially prepared artefact allowing for the generation of different angles was designed and produced from a nickel-based alloy using EBM without any supporting structure for down-facing surfaces. The as-built up-facing and down-facing surfaces from the artefacts were measured in orthogonal to the build direction. Measurement system capability for as-EBM surfaces is presented along with areal surface texture analysis.