# Fonts Like Francois One

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Francois One is Freeman (similarity 92), then Special Gothic Condensed One and Jockey One. Freeman 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 | **Freeman** | 92 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/freeman/](/fonts/freeman.md) |
| #2 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #3 | **Jockey One** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jockey-one/](/fonts/jockey-one.md) |
| #4 | **Caacupe One** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/caacupe-one/](/fonts/caacupe-one.md) |
| #5 | **Oswald** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #6 | **Squada One** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/squada-one/](/fonts/squada-one.md) |
| #7 | **Passion One** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/passion-one/](/fonts/passion-one.md) |
| #8 | **Protest Strike** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/protest-strike/](/fonts/protest-strike.md) |
| #9 | **Denk One** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/denk-one/](/fonts/denk-one.md) |
| #10 | **Asap Condensed** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-condensed/](/fonts/asap-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **Ranchers** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ranchers/](/fonts/ranchers.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Akshar** (Deva): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/akshar/](/fonts/akshar.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/francois-one.json](/api/fonts-like/francois-one.json).