# Fonts Like DejaVu Serif

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to DejaVu Serif is IBM Plex Serif (similarity 78), then Brygada 1918 and PT Serif Caption. IBM Plex Serif 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 | **IBM Plex Serif** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-serif/](/fonts/ibm-plex-serif.md) |
| #2 | **Brygada 1918** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brygada-1918/](/fonts/brygada-1918.md) |
| #3 | **PT Serif Caption** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-serif-caption/](/fonts/pt-serif-caption.md) |
| #4 | **Montagu Slab** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/montagu-slab/](/fonts/montagu-slab.md) |
| #5 | **Cantata One** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cantata-one/](/fonts/cantata-one.md) |
| #6 | **Tinos** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tinos/](/fonts/tinos.md) |
| #7 | **Besley** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/besley/](/fonts/besley.md) |
| #8 | **Charis SIL** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #9 | **Unna** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/unna/](/fonts/unna.md) |
| #10 | **Sanchez** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sanchez/](/fonts/sanchez.md) |
| #11 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #12 | **Source Serif 4** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-serif-4/](/fonts/source-serif-4.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Taviraj** (Thai): Similarity 73, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/taviraj/](/fonts/taviraj.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/dejavu-serif.json](/api/fonts-like/dejavu-serif.json).