# Fonts Like Average Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Average Sans is Commissioner (similarity 77), then Ancizar Sans and Shanti. Commissioner 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 | **Commissioner** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/commissioner/](/fonts/commissioner.md) |
| #2 | **Ancizar Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Shanti** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shanti/](/fonts/shanti.md) |
| #4 | **Mako** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mako/](/fonts/mako.md) |
| #5 | **Murecho** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #6 | **Expletus Sans** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/expletus-sans/](/fonts/expletus-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Merriweather Sans** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Proza Libre** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/proza-libre/](/fonts/proza-libre.md) |
| #9 | **Noto Sans Display** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #10 | **Cabin** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cabin/](/fonts/cabin.md) |
| #11 | **Mukta** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #12 | **Asap** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap/](/fonts/asap.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Harmattan** (Arab): Similarity 75, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/harmattan/](/fonts/harmattan.md)
- **Kanchenjunga** (Krai): Similarity 75, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kanchenjunga/](/fonts/kanchenjunga.md)
- **Mukta Mahee** (Guru): Similarity 75, 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/average-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/average-sans.json).