# Fonts Like Alkatra

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Alkatra is Salsa (similarity 64), then Averia Gruesa Libre and Acme. Salsa 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 | **Salsa** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #2 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #3 | **Acme** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/acme/](/fonts/acme.md) |
| #4 | **Poetsen One** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/poetsen-one/](/fonts/poetsen-one.md) |
| #5 | **Amaranth** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/amaranth/](/fonts/amaranth.md) |
| #6 | **Averia Libre** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-libre/](/fonts/averia-libre.md) |
| #7 | **Kotta One** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kotta-one/](/fonts/kotta-one.md) |
| #8 | **Signika** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/signika/](/fonts/signika.md) |
| #9 | **Convergence** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/convergence/](/fonts/convergence.md) |
| #10 | **Carter One** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carter-one/](/fonts/carter-one.md) |
| #11 | **Marko One** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/marko-one/](/fonts/marko-one.md) |
| #12 | **Averia Sans Libre** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-sans-libre/](/fonts/averia-sans-libre.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sriracha** (Thai): Similarity 57, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sriracha/](/fonts/sriracha.md)
- **Playpen Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 56, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Stylish** (Kore): Similarity 56, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/stylish/](/fonts/stylish.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/alkatra.json](/api/fonts-like/alkatra.json).