# Fonts Like Comic Sans MS

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Comic Sans MS is Comic Relief (similarity 68), then Bubblegum Sans and Averia Gruesa Libre. Comic Relief is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Reference Font Profile

- **Family**: Comic Sans MS
- **Kind**: system font (no preview: commercial font, described from its sources)
- **Designer**: Vincent Connare
- **Vendor**: Microsoft Corp.
- **Supplied With**: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1
- **Licence**: LicenseRef-Windows-Font
- **Sources**:
  - [designers, vendor, products](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/comic-sans-ms) (read 2026-10-22)

### Fallback CSS Stack

```css
font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Relief", sans-serif;
```

## 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 | **Comic Relief** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/comic-relief/](/fonts/comic-relief.md) |
| #2 | **Bubblegum Sans** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bubblegum-sans/](/fonts/bubblegum-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #4 | **Tilt Neon** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-neon/](/fonts/tilt-neon.md) |
| #5 | **Salsa** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #6 | **Averia Libre** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-libre/](/fonts/averia-libre.md) |
| #7 | **Delius** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/delius/](/fonts/delius.md) |
| #8 | **Averia Sans Libre** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-sans-libre/](/fonts/averia-sans-libre.md) |
| #9 | **Acme** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/acme/](/fonts/acme.md) |
| #10 | **Skranji** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/skranji/](/fonts/skranji.md) |
| #11 | **Averia Serif Libre** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-serif-libre/](/fonts/averia-serif-libre.md) |
| #12 | **Libertinus Sans** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-sans/](/fonts/libertinus-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Playpen Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 50, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Stylish** (Kore): Similarity 50, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/stylish/](/fonts/stylish.md)
- **Jua** (Kore): Similarity 50, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jua/](/fonts/jua.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/comic-sans-ms.json](/api/fonts-like/comic-sans-ms.json).