# Fonts Like Candal

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Candal is Paytone One (similarity 84), then Changa One and Archivo Black. Paytone One 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 | **Paytone One** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/paytone-one/](/fonts/paytone-one.md) |
| #2 | **Changa One** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/changa-one/](/fonts/changa-one.md) |
| #3 | **Archivo Black** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/archivo-black/](/fonts/archivo-black.md) |
| #4 | **Tilt Warp** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-warp/](/fonts/tilt-warp.md) |
| #5 | **Peace Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/peace-sans/](/fonts/peace-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Alfa Slab One** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alfa-slab-one/](/fonts/alfa-slab-one.md) |
| #7 | **Bowlby One** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bowlby-one/](/fonts/bowlby-one.md) |
| #8 | **Rubik One** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-one/](/fonts/rubik-one.md) |
| #9 | **Chunk Five** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/chunk-five/](/fonts/chunk-five.md) |
| #10 | **Russo One** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/russo-one/](/fonts/russo-one.md) |
| #11 | **Wendy One** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/wendy-one/](/fonts/wendy-one.md) |
| #12 | **Rowdies** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rowdies/](/fonts/rowdies.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Lalezar** (Arab): Similarity 81, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/lalezar/](/fonts/lalezar.md)
- **Bakbak One** (Deva): Similarity 78, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/bakbak-one/](/fonts/bakbak-one.md)
- **Braah One** (Guru): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/braah-one/](/fonts/braah-one.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/candal.json](/api/fonts-like/candal.json).