# Fonts Like Barlow

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Barlow is Heebo (similarity 78), then Roboto and Yantramanav. Heebo 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 | **Heebo** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |
| #2 | **Roboto** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto/](/fonts/roboto.md) |
| #3 | **Yantramanav** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yantramanav/](/fonts/yantramanav.md) |
| #4 | **IBM Plex Sans Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.md) |
| #5 | **Barlow Semi Condensed** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Overpass** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/overpass/](/fonts/overpass.md) |
| #7 | **Gothic A1** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gothic-a1/](/fonts/gothic-a1.md) |
| #8 | **Sofia Sans Semi Condensed** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-semi-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-semi-condensed.md) |
| #9 | **Gidole** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gidole/](/fonts/gidole.md) |
| #10 | **Spline Sans** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spline-sans/](/fonts/spline-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Varta** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #12 | **Cossette Texte** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-texte/](/fonts/cossette-texte.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.json](/api/fonts-like/barlow.json).