# Fonts Like BenchNine

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to BenchNine is Sofia Sans Extra Condensed (similarity 79), then Oswald and Pathway Gothic One. Sofia Sans Extra 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 | **Sofia Sans Extra Condensed** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **Oswald** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #3 | **Pathway Gothic One** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pathway-gothic-one/](/fonts/pathway-gothic-one.md) |
| #4 | **Saira Extra Condensed** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-extra-condensed/](/fonts/saira-extra-condensed.md) |
| #5 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #6 | **Voltaire** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voltaire/](/fonts/voltaire.md) |
| #7 | **Cossette Titre** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-titre/](/fonts/cossette-titre.md) |
| #8 | **Economica** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/economica/](/fonts/economica.md) |
| #9 | **Fjalla One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fjalla-one/](/fonts/fjalla-one.md) |
| #10 | **Stint Ultra Condensed** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed/](/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Yanone Kaffeesatz** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yanone-kaffeesatz/](/fonts/yanone-kaffeesatz.md) |
| #12 | **Mohave** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mohave/](/fonts/mohave.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **BIZ UDGothic** (Jpan): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/biz-udgothic/](/fonts/biz-udgothic.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/benchnine.json](/api/fonts-like/benchnine.json).