# Fonts Like BIZ UDMincho

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to BIZ UDMincho is Cossette Titre (similarity 68), then Sofia Sans Extra Condensed and Instrument Serif. Cossette Titre 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 | **Cossette Titre** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-titre/](/fonts/cossette-titre.md) |
| #2 | **Sofia Sans Extra Condensed** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/sofia-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #3 | **Instrument Serif** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/instrument-serif/](/fonts/instrument-serif.md) |
| #4 | **Oswald** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #5 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #6 | **Pathway Gothic One** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pathway-gothic-one/](/fonts/pathway-gothic-one.md) |
| #7 | **Barlow Condensed** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-condensed.md) |
| #8 | **BenchNine** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/benchnine/](/fonts/benchnine.md) |
| #9 | **Mohave** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mohave/](/fonts/mohave.md) |
| #10 | **Imbue** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/imbue/](/fonts/imbue.md) |
| #11 | **Stint Ultra Condensed** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed/](/fonts/stint-ultra-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **Xanh Mono** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/xanh-mono/](/fonts/xanh-mono.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **BIZ UDGothic** (Jpan): Similarity 72, 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/biz-udmincho.json](/api/fonts-like/biz-udmincho.json).