# Fonts Like Expletus Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Expletus Sans is Murecho (similarity 80), then Merriweather Sans and Noto Sans Display. Murecho 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 | **Murecho** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/murecho/](/fonts/murecho.md) |
| #2 | **Merriweather Sans** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather-sans/](/fonts/merriweather-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Noto Sans Display** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #4 | **Voces** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #5 | **Ancizar Sans** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-sans/](/fonts/ancizar-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Mako** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mako/](/fonts/mako.md) |
| #7 | **Tajawal** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tajawal/](/fonts/tajawal.md) |
| #8 | **Telex** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/telex/](/fonts/telex.md) |
| #9 | **Mukta** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mukta/](/fonts/mukta.md) |
| #10 | **Shanti** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/shanti/](/fonts/shanti.md) |
| #11 | **Proza Libre** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/proza-libre/](/fonts/proza-libre.md) |
| #12 | **Hind Siliguri** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hind-siliguri/](/fonts/hind-siliguri.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Sarala** (Deva): Similarity 79, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sarala/](/fonts/sarala.md)
- **Noto Sans Kannada** (Knda): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-kannada/](/fonts/noto-sans-kannada.md)
- **Mukta Mahee** (Guru): Similarity 77, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mukta-mahee/](/fonts/mukta-mahee.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/expletus-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/expletus-sans.json).