# Fonts Like Happy Monkey

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Happy Monkey is Lexend Exa (similarity 47), then Varela Round and Lexend Giga. Lexend Exa is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

> Note: Scores under 50 indicate no open font is very close; these share some traits.

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Lexend Exa** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lexend-exa/](/fonts/lexend-exa.md) |
| #2 | **Varela Round** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varela-round/](/fonts/varela-round.md) |
| #3 | **Lexend Giga** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lexend-giga/](/fonts/lexend-giga.md) |
| #4 | **Alan Sans** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alan-sans/](/fonts/alan-sans.md) |
| #5 | **Lexend** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lexend/](/fonts/lexend.md) |
| #6 | **Questrial** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/questrial/](/fonts/questrial.md) |
| #7 | **Work Sans** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/work-sans/](/fonts/work-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Readex Pro** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/readex-pro/](/fonts/readex-pro.md) |
| #9 | **Golos Text** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/golos-text/](/fonts/golos-text.md) |
| #10 | **Funnel Display** | 43 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-display/](/fonts/funnel-display.md) |
| #11 | **Prompt** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/prompt/](/fonts/prompt.md) |
| #12 | **Baloo 2** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/baloo-2/](/fonts/baloo-2.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Mitr** (Thai): Similarity 45, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/mitr/](/fonts/mitr.md)
- **Kodchasan** (Thai): Similarity 43, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kodchasan/](/fonts/kodchasan.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/happy-monkey.json](/api/fonts-like/happy-monkey.json).