# Fonts Like Candara

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Candara is Actor (similarity 66), then Galdeano and Alegreya Sans. Actor is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Reference Font Profile

- **Family**: Candara
- **Kind**: system font (no preview: commercial font, described from its sources)
- **Designer**: Gary Munch
- **Vendor**: Microsoft Corp.
- **Supplied With**: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1
- **Licence**: LicenseRef-Windows-Font
- **Sources**:
  - [designers, vendor, products](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/candara) (read 2026-10-22)

### Fallback CSS Stack

```css
font-family: "Candara", "Actor", sans-serif;
```

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Actor** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/actor/](/fonts/actor.md) |
| #2 | **Galdeano** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/galdeano/](/fonts/galdeano.md) |
| #3 | **Alegreya Sans** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alegreya-sans/](/fonts/alegreya-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Inika** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inika/](/fonts/inika.md) |
| #5 | **Balthazar** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/balthazar/](/fonts/balthazar.md) |
| #6 | **Duru Sans** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/duru-sans/](/fonts/duru-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Mukta** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #8 | **Ancizar Sans** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Open Sans** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Amarna** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/amarna/](/fonts/amarna.md) |
| #11 | **Noto Sans** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Capriola** | 61 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/capriola/](/fonts/capriola.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Mukta Malar** (Taml): Similarity 66, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-malar/](/fonts/mukta-malar.md)
- **Mukta Mahee** (Guru): Similarity 64, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-mahee/](/fonts/mukta-mahee.md)
- **Noto Sans Telugu** (Telu): Similarity 63, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-telugu/](/fonts/noto-sans-telugu.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/candara.json](/api/fonts-like/candara.json).