# Fonts Like Akshar

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Akshar is Sofia Sans Condensed (similarity 80), then Special Gothic Condensed One and Mohave. Sofia Sans 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 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #3 | **Mohave** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mohave/](/fonts/mohave.md) |
| #4 | **Share Tech** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/share-tech/](/fonts/share-tech.md) |
| #5 | **Barlow Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Iosevka** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka/](/fonts/iosevka.md) |
| #7 | **Iosevka Aile** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-aile/](/fonts/iosevka-aile.md) |
| #8 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Barlow Semi Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **Iosevka Charon** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-charon/](/fonts/iosevka-charon.md) |
| #11 | **Cuprum** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cuprum/](/fonts/cuprum.md) |
| #12 | **Share** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/share/](/fonts/share.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/akshar.json](/api/fonts-like/akshar.json).