# Fonts Like Gafata

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Gafata is Rambla (similarity 77), then Noto Sans Display and Varta. Rambla 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 | **Rambla** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rambla/](/fonts/rambla.md) |
| #2 | **Noto Sans Display** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-display/](/fonts/noto-sans-display.md) |
| #3 | **Varta** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #4 | **Open Sans** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/open-sans/](/fonts/open-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Encode Sans Semi Condensed** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans-semi-condensed/](/fonts/encode-sans-semi-condensed.md) |
| #6 | **Fira Sans** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans/](/fonts/fira-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Asap Sharp** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/asap-sharp/](/fonts/asap-sharp.md) |
| #8 | **Noto Sans JP** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #9 | **Encode Sans** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/encode-sans/](/fonts/encode-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Assistant** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/assistant/](/fonts/assistant.md) |
| #11 | **Voces** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/voces/](/fonts/voces.md) |
| #12 | **Arsenal** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/arsenal/](/fonts/arsenal.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Khula** (Deva): Similarity 76, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/khula/](/fonts/khula.md)
- **Noto Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 73, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/noto-sans-hebrew.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/gafata.json](/api/fonts-like/gafata.json).