# Fonts Like DSEG7 Classic

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to DSEG7 Classic, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to DSEG7 Classic is DSEG7 Modern (similarity 88), then DSEG7 Classic Mini and DSEG7 Modern Mini. DSEG7 Modern 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 | **DSEG7 Modern** | 88 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg7-modern/](/fonts/dseg7-modern.md) |
| #2 | **DSEG7 Classic Mini** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg7-classic-mini/](/fonts/dseg7-classic-mini.md) |
| #3 | **DSEG7 Modern Mini** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg7-modern-mini/](/fonts/dseg7-modern-mini.md) |
| #4 | **DSEG14 Classic** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg14-classic/](/fonts/dseg14-classic.md) |
| #5 | **DSEG14 Classic Mini** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg14-classic-mini/](/fonts/dseg14-classic-mini.md) |
| #6 | **DSEG14 Modern Mini** | 24 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg14-modern-mini/](/fonts/dseg14-modern-mini.md) |
| #7 | **DSEG14 Modern** | 22 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dseg14-modern/](/fonts/dseg14-modern.md) |
| #8 | **Kode Mono** | 12 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kode-mono/](/fonts/kode-mono.md) |
| #9 | **Bungee** | 4 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bungee/](/fonts/bungee.md) |
| #10 | **Unifont** | 2 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/unifont/](/fonts/unifont.md) |
| #11 | **Tektur** | 1 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tektur/](/fonts/tektur.md) |
| #12 | **Danfo** | 1 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/danfo/](/fonts/danfo.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/dseg7-classic.json](/api/fonts-like/dseg7-classic.json).