# Fonts Like Cardo

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Cardo is Ibarra Real Nova (similarity 69), then Newsreader and Crimson Text. Ibarra Real Nova 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 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |
| #2 | **Newsreader** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/newsreader/](/fonts/newsreader.md) |
| #3 | **Crimson Text** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #4 | **Average** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average/](/fonts/average.md) |
| #5 | **Nanum Myeongjo** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nanum-myeongjo/](/fonts/nanum-myeongjo.md) |
| #6 | **EB Garamond** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/eb-garamond/](/fonts/eb-garamond.md) |
| #7 | **STIX Two Text** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #8 | **Cormorant Infant** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cormorant-infant/](/fonts/cormorant-infant.md) |
| #9 | **Spectral** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spectral/](/fonts/spectral.md) |
| #10 | **Libertinus Serif** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif/](/fonts/libertinus-serif.md) |
| #11 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #12 | **Shafarik** | 64 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shafarik/](/fonts/shafarik.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Nuosu SIL** (Yiii): Similarity 69, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/nuosu-sil/](/fonts/nuosu-sil.md)
- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 69, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.md)
- **Gulzar** (Arab): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gulzar/](/fonts/gulzar.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/cardo.json](/api/fonts-like/cardo.json).