# Fonts Like Fraunces

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Fraunces is Redaction (similarity 74), then Arbutus Slab and Brygada 1918. Redaction 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 | **Redaction** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #2 | **Arbutus Slab** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arbutus-slab/](/fonts/arbutus-slab.md) |
| #3 | **Brygada 1918** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brygada-1918/](/fonts/brygada-1918.md) |
| #4 | **Platypi** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/platypi/](/fonts/platypi.md) |
| #5 | **Libre Baskerville** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-baskerville/](/fonts/libre-baskerville.md) |
| #6 | **Monomakh** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/monomakh/](/fonts/monomakh.md) |
| #7 | **Stoke** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stoke/](/fonts/stoke.md) |
| #8 | **Petrona** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/petrona/](/fonts/petrona.md) |
| #9 | **Literata** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/literata/](/fonts/literata.md) |
| #10 | **Cantata One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cantata-one/](/fonts/cantata-one.md) |
| #11 | **STIX Two Text** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #12 | **Amethysta** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/amethysta/](/fonts/amethysta.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Song Myung** (Kore): Similarity 69, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/song-myung/](/fonts/song-myung.md)
- **Taviraj** (Thai): Similarity 67, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/taviraj/](/fonts/taviraj.md)
- **Zen Antique Soft** (Jpan): Similarity 67, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-antique-soft/](/fonts/zen-antique-soft.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/fraunces.json](/api/fonts-like/fraunces.json).