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.
System font No preview: commercial font, described from its sources
Candara
Designer Gary Munch
Vendor Microsoft Corp.
Supplied With
Windows 11Windows 10Windows 8.1
CSS fallback font stack
font-family: "Candara", "Actor", sans-serif;Use Candara when installed on the visitor's device, automatically falling back to Actor (closest open lookalike).
Candara Licence & Permissions
Fonts supplied with Windows (Microsoft's font FAQ)LicenseRef-Windows-Font
Commercial workAllowed, with conditions
Logo or wordmarkAllowed, with conditions
WebsiteNot allowed
App or gameNot allowed
Modify the fontNot allowed
Share the font fileNot allowed
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Side-by-side comparison
Top lookalikes compared at the same size Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Top lookalikes: licence permissions
Commercial rights side by sideActorOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
GaldeanoOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Alegreya SansOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
All 12 open lookalikes, ranked
Comparison based on letter shape and edge texture#1
Actor OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Galdeano OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Alegreya Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Inika OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Balthazar OFL-1.1
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Duru Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Mukta OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Ancizar Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Open Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Amarna OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Noto Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Capriola OFL-1.1
Similarity 61 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Fonts made for other scripts with similar Latin letters
How the similarity score works
Each score is calculated by comparing 62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at a 160px cap height on a 32×32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (weighted at 15%).
Scores are normalized on a standardized scale: 100 represents identical letterforms, and 0 represents an average pair among the 1571 fonts compared.