# Fonts Like Fustat

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Fustat is DM Sans (similarity 92), then Liter and Host Grotesk. DM Sans 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 | **DM Sans** | 92 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dm-sans/](/fonts/dm-sans.md) |
| #2 | **Liter** | 89 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #3 | **Host Grotesk** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/host-grotesk/](/fonts/host-grotesk.md) |
| #4 | **Google Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/google-sans/](/fonts/google-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Albert Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/albert-sans/](/fonts/albert-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Inter** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter/](/fonts/inter.md) |
| #7 | **Pretendard** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #8 | **Rethink Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rethink-sans/](/fonts/rethink-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Open Sauce One** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sauce-one/](/fonts/open-sauce-one.md) |
| #10 | **Adwaita Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-sans/](/fonts/adwaita-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Schibsted Grotesk** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/schibsted-grotesk/](/fonts/schibsted-grotesk.md) |
| #12 | **Miranda Sans** | 85 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/miranda-sans/](/fonts/miranda-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Kripa** (Deva): Similarity 88, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kripa/](/fonts/kripa.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/fustat.json](/api/fonts-like/fustat.json).