# Fonts Like Emilys Candy

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Emilys Candy is Fredericka the Great (similarity 60), then Libertinus Serif Display and Averia Serif Libre. Fredericka the Great 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 | **Fredericka the Great** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fredericka-the-great/](/fonts/fredericka-the-great.md) |
| #2 | **Libertinus Serif Display** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif-display/](/fonts/libertinus-serif-display.md) |
| #3 | **Averia Serif Libre** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-serif-libre/](/fonts/averia-serif-libre.md) |
| #4 | **Ponomar** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ponomar/](/fonts/ponomar.md) |
| #5 | **Jacques Francois** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jacques-francois/](/fonts/jacques-francois.md) |
| #6 | **Poltawski Nowy** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/poltawski-nowy/](/fonts/poltawski-nowy.md) |
| #7 | **Crimson Text** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #8 | **Adamina** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adamina/](/fonts/adamina.md) |
| #9 | **Lusitana** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lusitana/](/fonts/lusitana.md) |
| #10 | **Old Standard TT** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/old-standard-tt/](/fonts/old-standard-tt.md) |
| #11 | **IM Fell Great Primer** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/im-fell-great-primer/](/fonts/im-fell-great-primer.md) |
| #12 | **Alike Angular** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alike-angular/](/fonts/alike-angular.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Ramaraja** (Telu): Similarity 56, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ramaraja/](/fonts/ramaraja.md)
- **UoqMunThenKhung** (Hant): Similarity 55, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/uoqmunthenkhung/](/fonts/uoqmunthenkhung.md)
- **Zen Antique Soft** (Jpan): Similarity 53, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-antique-soft/](/fonts/zen-antique-soft.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/emilys-candy.json](/api/fonts-like/emilys-candy.json).