Fonts like Encode Sans Semi Expanded

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

Quick answer

The closest open font to Encode Sans Semi Expanded is Encode Sans Expanded (similarity 95), then Telex and Maven Pro. Encode Sans Expanded is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

Side-by-side comparison

Top lookalikes compared at the same size
Target font Encode Sans Semi Expanded OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#1 Lookalike Encode Sans Expanded Similarity 95 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2 Lookalike Telex Similarity 79 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3 Lookalike Maven Pro Similarity 79 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

Top lookalikes: licence permissions

Commercial rights side by side
Encode Sans ExpandedOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
TelexOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Maven ProOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed

All 12 open lookalikes, ranked

Comparison based on letter shape and edge texture
#1
Similarity 95 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Telex OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Maven Pro OFL-1.1
Similarity 79 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Sansation OFL-1.1
Similarity 78 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Noto Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Play OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Open Sans OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Voces OFL-1.1
Similarity 77 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Ubuntu UFL-1.0
Similarity 77 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Similarity 76 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Similarity 76 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Mukta OFL-1.1
Similarity 75 โ€” 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

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How the similarity score works

Each score is calculated by comparing 62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at a 160px cap height on a 32ร—32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (weighted at 15%).

Scores are normalized on a standardized scale: 100 represents identical letterforms, and 0 represents an average pair among the 1571 fonts compared.

Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.