# Fonts Like Alef

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Alef is Actor (similarity 71), then Nobile and Mako. Actor 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 | **Actor** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/actor/](/fonts/actor.md) |
| #2 | **Nobile** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nobile/](/fonts/nobile.md) |
| #3 | **Mako** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mako/](/fonts/mako.md) |
| #4 | **Molengo** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/molengo/](/fonts/molengo.md) |
| #5 | **Telex** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #6 | **Merriweather Sans** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Capriola** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/capriola/](/fonts/capriola.md) |
| #8 | **Mukta** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #9 | **Asap Sharp** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-sharp/](/fonts/asap-sharp.md) |
| #10 | **Ancizar Sans** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Catamaran** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/catamaran/](/fonts/catamaran.md) |
| #12 | **Proza Libre** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/proza-libre/](/fonts/proza-libre.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Mukta Malar** (Taml): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-malar/](/fonts/mukta-malar.md)
- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 66, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Mukta Mahee** (Guru): Similarity 66, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-mahee/](/fonts/mukta-mahee.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/alef.json](/api/fonts-like/alef.json).