# Fonts Like Cinzel

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Cinzel is Julius Sans One (similarity 57), then Castoro Titling and Aboreto. Julius Sans One is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

> Note: Scores under 50 indicate no open font is very close; these share some traits.

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Julius Sans One** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/julius-sans-one/](/fonts/julius-sans-one.md) |
| #2 | **Castoro Titling** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/castoro-titling/](/fonts/castoro-titling.md) |
| #3 | **Aboreto** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/aboreto/](/fonts/aboreto.md) |
| #4 | **Marcellus SC** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/marcellus-sc/](/fonts/marcellus-sc.md) |
| #5 | **Cormorant SC** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cormorant-sc/](/fonts/cormorant-sc.md) |
| #6 | **Playfair Display SC** | 30 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/playfair-display-sc/](/fonts/playfair-display-sc.md) |
| #7 | **Vollkorn SC** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vollkorn-sc/](/fonts/vollkorn-sc.md) |
| #8 | **Cormorant Unicase** | 25 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cormorant-unicase/](/fonts/cormorant-unicase.md) |
| #9 | **Encode Sans SC** | 25 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-sc/](/fonts/encode-sans-sc.md) |
| #10 | **Ysabeau SC** | 24 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ysabeau-sc/](/fonts/ysabeau-sc.md) |
| #11 | **Spectral** | 21 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spectral/](/fonts/spectral.md) |
| #12 | **Hedvig Letters Serif** | 20 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hedvig-letters-serif/](/fonts/hedvig-letters-serif.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/cinzel.json](/api/fonts-like/cinzel.json).