# Fonts Like Cal Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Cal Sans is Lexend (similarity 80), then Readex Pro and Geologica. Lexend 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 | **Lexend** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lexend/](/fonts/lexend.md) |
| #2 | **Readex Pro** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/readex-pro/](/fonts/readex-pro.md) |
| #3 | **Geologica** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geologica/](/fonts/geologica.md) |
| #4 | **Momo Trust Display** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/momo-trust-display/](/fonts/momo-trust-display.md) |
| #5 | **Argentum Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/argentum-sans/](/fonts/argentum-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Gabarito** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gabarito/](/fonts/gabarito.md) |
| #7 | **Tilt Warp** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-warp/](/fonts/tilt-warp.md) |
| #8 | **Ramabhadra** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ramabhadra/](/fonts/ramabhadra.md) |
| #9 | **Geom** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geom/](/fonts/geom.md) |
| #10 | **Radio Canada Big** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radio-canada-big/](/fonts/radio-canada-big.md) |
| #11 | **Carlito** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carlito/](/fonts/carlito.md) |
| #12 | **Outfit** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/outfit/](/fonts/outfit.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Konkhmer Sleokchher** (Khmr): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/konkhmer-sleokchher/](/fonts/konkhmer-sleokchher.md)
- **Secular One** (Hebr): Similarity 78, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/secular-one/](/fonts/secular-one.md)
- **Alexandria** (Arab): Similarity 75, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/alexandria/](/fonts/alexandria.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/cal-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/cal-sans.json).