# Fonts Like Cairo Play

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Cairo Play is Mako (similarity 82), then Exo and Encode Sans Semi Condensed. Mako 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 | **Mako** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mako/](/fonts/mako.md) |
| #2 | **Exo** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/exo/](/fonts/exo.md) |
| #3 | **Encode Sans Semi Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-semi-condensed/](/fonts/encode-sans-semi-condensed.md) |
| #4 | **Encode Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans/](/fonts/encode-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Saira Semi Condensed** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/saira-semi-condensed/](/fonts/saira-semi-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Murecho** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #7 | **Doppio One** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/doppio-one/](/fonts/doppio-one.md) |
| #8 | **Inria Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inria-sans/](/fonts/inria-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Merriweather Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Voces** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #11 | **Noto Sans Display** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #12 | **Anek Telugu** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anek-telugu/](/fonts/anek-telugu.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sunflower** (Hang): Similarity 98, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sunflower/](/fonts/sunflower.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/cairo-play.json](/api/fonts-like/cairo-play.json).