# Fonts Like Freeman

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Freeman is Francois One (similarity 92), then Special Gothic Condensed One and Jockey One. Francois One 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 | **Francois One** | 92 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/francois-one/](/fonts/francois-one.md) |
| #2 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #3 | **Jockey One** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jockey-one/](/fonts/jockey-one.md) |
| #4 | **Passion One** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/passion-one/](/fonts/passion-one.md) |
| #5 | **Caacupe One** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/caacupe-one/](/fonts/caacupe-one.md) |
| #6 | **Oswald** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oswald/](/fonts/oswald.md) |
| #7 | **Protest Strike** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/protest-strike/](/fonts/protest-strike.md) |
| #8 | **Ranchers** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ranchers/](/fonts/ranchers.md) |
| #9 | **Fira Sans Extra Condensed** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed/](/fonts/fira-sans-extra-condensed.md) |
| #10 | **Squada One** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/squada-one/](/fonts/squada-one.md) |
| #11 | **Roboto Condensed** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **Denk One** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/denk-one/](/fonts/denk-one.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Akshar** (Deva): Similarity 73, 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/freeman.json](/api/fonts-like/freeman.json).