# Fonts Like Clear Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Clear Sans is Radio Canada (similarity 85), then IBM Plex Sans and Noto Sans JP. Radio Canada 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 | **Radio Canada** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radio-canada/](/fonts/radio-canada.md) |
| #2 | **IBM Plex Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Noto Sans JP** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #4 | **Source Sans 3** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-sans-3/](/fonts/source-sans-3.md) |
| #5 | **Roboto** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto/](/fonts/roboto.md) |
| #6 | **Noto Sans Display** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #7 | **Varta** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #8 | **Heebo** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/heebo/](/fonts/heebo.md) |
| #9 | **Overpass** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/overpass/](/fonts/overpass.md) |
| #10 | **Spline Sans** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spline-sans/](/fonts/spline-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Yantramanav** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yantramanav/](/fonts/yantramanav.md) |
| #12 | **Assistant** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/assistant/](/fonts/assistant.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Narnoor** (Gong): Similarity 85, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/narnoor/](/fonts/narnoor.md)
- **Menbere** (Ethi): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/menbere/](/fonts/menbere.md)
- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.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/clear-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/clear-sans.json).