# Fonts Like Fanwood Text

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Fanwood Text is Baskervville (similarity 69), then Jacques Francois and Buenard. Baskervville 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 | **Baskervville** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/baskervville/](/fonts/baskervville.md) |
| #2 | **Jacques Francois** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jacques-francois/](/fonts/jacques-francois.md) |
| #3 | **Buenard** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/buenard/](/fonts/buenard.md) |
| #4 | **Sorts Mill Goudy** | 63 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sorts-mill-goudy/](/fonts/sorts-mill-goudy.md) |
| #5 | **Libertinus Serif Display** | 62 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif-display/](/fonts/libertinus-serif-display.md) |
| #6 | **Lusitana** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lusitana/](/fonts/lusitana.md) |
| #7 | **Linden Hill** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/linden-hill/](/fonts/linden-hill.md) |
| #8 | **Joan** | 60 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/joan/](/fonts/joan.md) |
| #9 | **Goudy Bookletter 1911** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/goudy-bookletter-1911/](/fonts/goudy-bookletter-1911.md) |
| #10 | **Rosarivo** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rosarivo/](/fonts/rosarivo.md) |
| #11 | **Average** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average/](/fonts/average.md) |
| #12 | **Bentham** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bentham/](/fonts/bentham.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Benne** (Knda): Similarity 61, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/benne/](/fonts/benne.md)
- **Amiri** (Arab): Similarity 58, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiri/](/fonts/amiri.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/fanwood-text.json](/api/fonts-like/fanwood-text.json).