# Fonts Like Federo

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Federo is Josefin Sans (similarity 58), then Average Sans and Libertinus Sans. Josefin Sans 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 | **Josefin Sans** | 58 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/josefin-sans/](/fonts/josefin-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Average Sans** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average-sans/](/fonts/average-sans.md) |
| #3 | **Libertinus Sans** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-sans/](/fonts/libertinus-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Bagnard Sans** | 55 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bagnard-sans/](/fonts/bagnard-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Jost** | 54 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jost/](/fonts/jost.md) |
| #6 | **Alata** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alata/](/fonts/alata.md) |
| #7 | **Belleza** | 52 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/belleza/](/fonts/belleza.md) |
| #8 | **Mako** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mako/](/fonts/mako.md) |
| #9 | **Cabin** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cabin/](/fonts/cabin.md) |
| #10 | **Afacad** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/afacad/](/fonts/afacad.md) |
| #11 | **Carme** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carme/](/fonts/carme.md) |
| #12 | **Forum** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/forum/](/fonts/forum.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Reem Kufi** (Arab): Similarity 57, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/reem-kufi/](/fonts/reem-kufi.md)
- **Gulzar** (Arab): Similarity 53, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/gulzar/](/fonts/gulzar.md)
- **Biryani** (Deva): Similarity 52, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/biryani/](/fonts/biryani.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/federo.json](/api/fonts-like/federo.json).