# Fonts Like Duru Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Duru Sans is Open Sans (similarity 82), then Oxygen and Noto Sans. Open 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 | **Open Sans** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Oxygen** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oxygen/](/fonts/oxygen.md) |
| #3 | **Noto Sans** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Asap Sharp** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-sharp/](/fonts/asap-sharp.md) |
| #5 | **Hind Siliguri** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #6 | **Mukta** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #7 | **Ubuntu Sans** | 78 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu-sans/](/fonts/ubuntu-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Ubuntu** | 77 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu/](/fonts/ubuntu.md) |
| #9 | **AR One Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ar-one-sans/](/fonts/ar-one-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Telex** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #11 | **Ancizar Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Nebula Sans** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nebula-sans/](/fonts/nebula-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.md)
- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Noto Sans Duployan** (Dupl): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-duployan/](/fonts/noto-sans-duployan.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/duru-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/duru-sans.json).