# Fonts Like Elsie

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Elsie is Elsie Swash Caps (similarity 68), then Playfair Display and Noto Serif Display. Elsie Swash Caps 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 | **Elsie Swash Caps** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/elsie-swash-caps/](/fonts/elsie-swash-caps.md) |
| #2 | **Playfair Display** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/playfair-display/](/fonts/playfair-display.md) |
| #3 | **Noto Serif Display** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif-display/](/fonts/noto-serif-display.md) |
| #4 | **Stardos Stencil** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stardos-stencil/](/fonts/stardos-stencil.md) |
| #5 | **Vidaloka** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/vidaloka/](/fonts/vidaloka.md) |
| #6 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #7 | **Gelasio** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gelasio/](/fonts/gelasio.md) |
| #8 | **Inria Serif** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inria-serif/](/fonts/inria-serif.md) |
| #9 | **Abhaya Libre** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/abhaya-libre/](/fonts/abhaya-libre.md) |
| #10 | **Rufina** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rufina/](/fonts/rufina.md) |
| #11 | **Arapey** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arapey/](/fonts/arapey.md) |
| #12 | **Noto Serif Hentaigana** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif-hentaigana/](/fonts/noto-serif-hentaigana.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Noto Serif Oriya** (Orya): Similarity 53, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-oriya/](/fonts/noto-serif-oriya.md)
- **Noto Serif Telugu** (Telu): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-telugu/](/fonts/noto-serif-telugu.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/elsie.json](/api/fonts-like/elsie.json).