# Fonts Like Delius Swash Caps

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Delius Swash Caps is Delius (similarity 66), then Averia Gruesa Libre and Averia Libre. Delius 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 | **Delius** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/delius/](/fonts/delius.md) |
| #2 | **Averia Gruesa Libre** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre/](/fonts/averia-gruesa-libre.md) |
| #3 | **Averia Libre** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-libre/](/fonts/averia-libre.md) |
| #4 | **Salsa** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/salsa/](/fonts/salsa.md) |
| #5 | **Averia Sans Libre** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-sans-libre/](/fonts/averia-sans-libre.md) |
| #6 | **Averia Serif Libre** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-serif-libre/](/fonts/averia-serif-libre.md) |
| #7 | **Macondo** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/macondo/](/fonts/macondo.md) |
| #8 | **Balsamiq Sans** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/balsamiq-sans/](/fonts/balsamiq-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Sniglet** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sniglet/](/fonts/sniglet.md) |
| #10 | **Cause** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cause/](/fonts/cause.md) |
| #11 | **Overlock** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/overlock/](/fonts/overlock.md) |
| #12 | **Winky Rough** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/winky-rough/](/fonts/winky-rough.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Stylish** (Kore): Similarity 50, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/stylish/](/fonts/stylish.md)
- **Itim** (Thai): Similarity 44, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/itim/](/fonts/itim.md)
- **Playpen Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 42, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/playpen-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/delius-swash-caps.json](/api/fonts-like/delius-swash-caps.json).