# Fonts Like Alata

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Alata is Afacad (similarity 78), then Outfit and Jost. Afacad 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 | **Afacad** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/afacad/](/fonts/afacad.md) |
| #2 | **Outfit** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/outfit/](/fonts/outfit.md) |
| #3 | **Jost** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jost/](/fonts/jost.md) |
| #4 | **League Spartan** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/league-spartan/](/fonts/league-spartan.md) |
| #5 | **Gabarito** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gabarito/](/fonts/gabarito.md) |
| #6 | **Josefin Sans** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/josefin-sans/](/fonts/josefin-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Reddit Sans** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans/](/fonts/reddit-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Geom** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geom/](/fonts/geom.md) |
| #9 | **Teachers** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/teachers/](/fonts/teachers.md) |
| #10 | **Alatsi** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alatsi/](/fonts/alatsi.md) |
| #11 | **Cal Sans** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cal-sans/](/fonts/cal-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Shanti** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shanti/](/fonts/shanti.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Zain** (Arab): Similarity 74, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zain/](/fonts/zain.md)
- **Aoboshi One** (Hira): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/aoboshi-one/](/fonts/aoboshi-one.md)
- **Reem Kufi** (Arab): Similarity 70, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/reem-kufi/](/fonts/reem-kufi.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/alata.json](/api/fonts-like/alata.json).