# Fonts Like Consolas

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Consolas is Noto Mono (similarity 84), then Noto Sans Mono and Fira Code. Noto Mono is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Reference Font Profile

- **Family**: Consolas
- **Kind**: system font (no preview: commercial font, described from its sources)
- **Designer**: Luc(as) de Groot
- **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/consolas) (read 2026-10-22)

### Fallback CSS Stack

```css
font-family: "Consolas", "Noto Mono", monospace;
```

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Noto Mono** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-mono/](/fonts/noto-mono.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Sans Mono** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-mono/](/fonts/noto-sans-mono.md) |
| #3 | **Fira Code** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-code/](/fonts/fira-code.md) |
| #4 | **Ubuntu Mono** | 80 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu-mono/](/fonts/ubuntu-mono.md) |
| #5 | **Source Code Pro** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-code-pro/](/fonts/source-code-pro.md) |
| #6 | **Cousine** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cousine/](/fonts/cousine.md) |
| #7 | **IBM Plex Mono** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-mono/](/fonts/ibm-plex-mono.md) |
| #8 | **DejaVu Mono** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-mono/](/fonts/dejavu-mono.md) |
| #9 | **Commit Mono** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/commit-mono/](/fonts/commit-mono.md) |
| #10 | **Ubuntu Sans Mono** | 77 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu-sans-mono/](/fonts/ubuntu-sans-mono.md) |
| #11 | **iA Writer Mono** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ia-writer-mono/](/fonts/ia-writer-mono.md) |
| #12 | **Cascadia Code** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cascadia-code/](/fonts/cascadia-code.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/consolas.json](/api/fonts-like/consolas.json).