# Fonts Like Barlow Semi Condensed

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Barlow Semi Condensed is Roboto Condensed (similarity 82), then Abel and Sofia 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** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **Abel** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/abel/](/fonts/abel.md) |
| #3 | **Sofia Sans Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-condensed.md) |
| #4 | **Barlow** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow/](/fonts/barlow.md) |
| #5 | **Iosevka Aile** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-aile/](/fonts/iosevka-aile.md) |
| #6 | **Cossette Texte** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-texte/](/fonts/cossette-texte.md) |
| #7 | **Archivo Narrow** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/archivo-narrow/](/fonts/archivo-narrow.md) |
| #8 | **Saira Condensed** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-condensed/](/fonts/saira-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **PT Sans Narrow** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans-narrow/](/fonts/pt-sans-narrow.md) |
| #10 | **Carrois Gothic** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic/](/fonts/carrois-gothic.md) |
| #11 | **Gidole** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gidole/](/fonts/gidole.md) |
| #12 | **Adwaita Mono** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-mono/](/fonts/adwaita-mono.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Akshar** (Deva): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/akshar/](/fonts/akshar.md)
- **Chathura** (Telu): Similarity 73, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/chathura/](/fonts/chathura.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/barlow-semi-condensed.json](/api/fonts-like/barlow-semi-condensed.json).