# Fonts Like EB Garamond

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to EB Garamond is Lusitana (similarity 77), then Crimson Text and Libertinus Serif. Lusitana 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 | **Lusitana** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lusitana/](/fonts/lusitana.md) |
| #2 | **Crimson Text** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #3 | **Libertinus Serif** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif/](/fonts/libertinus-serif.md) |
| #4 | **Ponomar** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ponomar/](/fonts/ponomar.md) |
| #5 | **Average** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average/](/fonts/average.md) |
| #6 | **Cardo** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cardo/](/fonts/cardo.md) |
| #7 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |
| #8 | **Simonetta** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/simonetta/](/fonts/simonetta.md) |
| #9 | **Sorts Mill Goudy** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sorts-mill-goudy/](/fonts/sorts-mill-goudy.md) |
| #10 | **Castoro** | 65 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/castoro/](/fonts/castoro.md) |
| #11 | **Buenard** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/buenard/](/fonts/buenard.md) |
| #12 | **Joan** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/joan/](/fonts/joan.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Benne** (Knda): Similarity 85, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/benne/](/fonts/benne.md)
- **Amiri** (Arab): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiri/](/fonts/amiri.md)
- **Ramaraja** (Telu): Similarity 65, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ramaraja/](/fonts/ramaraja.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/eb-garamond.json](/api/fonts-like/eb-garamond.json).