# Fonts Like Abel

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Abel, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Abel is Barlow Semi Condensed (similarity 79), then Roboto Condensed and Sofia Sans Condensed. Barlow Semi Condensed is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Barlow Semi Condensed** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **Roboto Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #3 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |
| #4 | **Iosevka Aile** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-aile/](/fonts/iosevka-aile.md) |
| #5 | **Dosis** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dosis/](/fonts/dosis.md) |
| #6 | **Adwaita Mono** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-mono/](/fonts/adwaita-mono.md) |
| #7 | **Stick No Bills** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stick-no-bills/](/fonts/stick-no-bills.md) |
| #8 | **Carrois Gothic** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic/](/fonts/carrois-gothic.md) |
| #9 | **Saira Condensed** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-condensed/](/fonts/saira-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **Cossette Texte** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-texte/](/fonts/cossette-texte.md) |
| #11 | **PT Sans Narrow** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans-narrow/](/fonts/pt-sans-narrow.md) |
| #12 | **News Cycle** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/news-cycle/](/fonts/news-cycle.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Chathura** (Telu): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/chathura/](/fonts/chathura.md)
- **Akshar** (Deva): Similarity 73, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/akshar/](/fonts/akshar.md)

## Scoring Method

62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at 160px cap height on a 32x32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (15% weight). Scores are normalized so that 0 represents an average pair of fonts across the 1571 compared fonts, and 100 represents identical letter shapes. Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.

## Machine API

JSON representation available at [/api/fonts-like/abel.json](/api/fonts-like/abel.json).