# Fonts Like DM Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to DM Sans is Rethink Sans (similarity 91), then Host Grotesk and Liter. Rethink Sans 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 | **Rethink Sans** | 91 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rethink-sans/](/fonts/rethink-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Host Grotesk** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/host-grotesk/](/fonts/host-grotesk.md) |
| #3 | **Liter** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #4 | **Pretendard** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #5 | **Miranda Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/miranda-sans/](/fonts/miranda-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Inter Tight** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter-tight/](/fonts/inter-tight.md) |
| #7 | **Adwaita Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-sans/](/fonts/adwaita-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Scoutie Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/scoutie-sans/](/fonts/scoutie-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Open Sauce One** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sauce-one/](/fonts/open-sauce-one.md) |
| #10 | **Albert Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/albert-sans/](/fonts/albert-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Hedvig Letters Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hedvig-letters-sans/](/fonts/hedvig-letters-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Google Sans** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/google-sans/](/fonts/google-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Fustat** (Arab): Similarity 92, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/fustat/](/fonts/fustat.md)
- **Kripa** (Deva): Similarity 86, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kripa/](/fonts/kripa.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/dm-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/dm-sans.json).