# Fonts Like Encode Sans SC

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Encode Sans SC is Encode Sans Semi Expanded (similarity 63), then Alegreya Sans SC and Blinker. Encode Sans Semi Expanded 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 | **Encode Sans Semi Expanded** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-semi-expanded/](/fonts/encode-sans-semi-expanded.md) |
| #2 | **Alegreya Sans SC** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alegreya-sans-sc/](/fonts/alegreya-sans-sc.md) |
| #3 | **Blinker** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/blinker/](/fonts/blinker.md) |
| #4 | **Voces** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #5 | **PT Sans Caption** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pt-sans-caption/](/fonts/pt-sans-caption.md) |
| #6 | **Open Sans** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Hind Siliguri** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |
| #8 | **Noto Sans** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans/](/fonts/noto-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Ubuntu** | 53 / 100 | UFL-1.0 | [/fonts/ubuntu/](/fonts/ubuntu.md) |
| #10 | **Telex** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #11 | **Mukta** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #12 | **Anek Telugu** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/anek-telugu/](/fonts/anek-telugu.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 55, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Amiko** (Deva): Similarity 55, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiko/](/fonts/amiko.md)
- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 54, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.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/encode-sans-sc.json](/api/fonts-like/encode-sans-sc.json).