# Fonts Like DM Serif Display

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to DM Serif Display is Yeseva One (similarity 75), then Judson and Gloock. Yeseva One 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 | **Yeseva One** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yeseva-one/](/fonts/yeseva-one.md) |
| #2 | **Judson** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/judson/](/fonts/judson.md) |
| #3 | **Gloock** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gloock/](/fonts/gloock.md) |
| #4 | **Monomakh** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/monomakh/](/fonts/monomakh.md) |
| #5 | **Abril Fatface** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/abril-fatface/](/fonts/abril-fatface.md) |
| #6 | **Vidaloka** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vidaloka/](/fonts/vidaloka.md) |
| #7 | **STIX Two Text** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #8 | **Charis SIL** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #9 | **Volkhov** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/volkhov/](/fonts/volkhov.md) |
| #10 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #11 | **Ancizar Serif** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-serif/](/fonts/ancizar-serif.md) |
| #12 | **Stardos Stencil** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stardos-stencil/](/fonts/stardos-stencil.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Song Myung** (Kore): Similarity 78, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/song-myung/](/fonts/song-myung.md)
- **Abyssinica SIL** (Ethi): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/abyssinica-sil/](/fonts/abyssinica-sil.md)
- **Markazi Text** (Arab): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/markazi-text/](/fonts/markazi-text.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-serif-display.json](/api/fonts-like/dm-serif-display.json).