# Fonts Like Archivo Narrow

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Archivo Narrow is Roboto Condensed (similarity 85), then Cossette Texte and IBM Plex Sans Condensed. Roboto 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 | **Roboto Condensed** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **Cossette Texte** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-texte/](/fonts/cossette-texte.md) |
| #3 | **IBM Plex Sans Condensed** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.md) |
| #4 | **Fira Sans Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-condensed.md) |
| #5 | **Carrois Gothic** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic/](/fonts/carrois-gothic.md) |
| #6 | **Reddit Sans Condensed** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed/](/fonts/reddit-sans-condensed.md) |
| #7 | **News Cycle** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/news-cycle/](/fonts/news-cycle.md) |
| #8 | **Barlow Semi Condensed** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Heebo** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |
| #10 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Gidole** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gidole/](/fonts/gidole.md) |
| #12 | **Spline Sans** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spline-sans/](/fonts/spline-sans.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/archivo-narrow.json](/api/fonts-like/archivo-narrow.json).