# Fonts Like Cantarell

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Cantarell is Lato (similarity 76), then Telex and Cabin. Lato 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 | **Lato** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lato/](/fonts/lato.md) |
| #2 | **Telex** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #3 | **Cabin** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cabin/](/fonts/cabin.md) |
| #4 | **Ancizar Sans** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Noto Sans** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Commissioner** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/commissioner/](/fonts/commissioner.md) |
| #7 | **Shanti** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shanti/](/fonts/shanti.md) |
| #8 | **Mukta** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #9 | **Carme** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carme/](/fonts/carme.md) |
| #10 | **Asap Sharp** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-sharp/](/fonts/asap-sharp.md) |
| #11 | **SUSE** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/suse/](/fonts/suse.md) |
| #12 | **Proza Libre** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/proza-libre/](/fonts/proza-libre.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Cambay** (Deva): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/cambay/](/fonts/cambay.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 75, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiko/](/fonts/amiko.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/cantarell.json](/api/fonts-like/cantarell.json).