# Fonts Like Hina Mincho

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Hina Mincho is Ibarra Real Nova (similarity 59), then Libertinus Serif Display and Crimson Text. Ibarra Real Nova 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 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 59 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |
| #2 | **Libertinus Serif Display** | 57 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-serif-display/](/fonts/libertinus-serif-display.md) |
| #3 | **Crimson Text** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #4 | **Libre Caslon Display** | 53 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-display/](/fonts/libre-caslon-display.md) |
| #5 | **Average** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average/](/fonts/average.md) |
| #6 | **Redaction** | 51 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/redaction/](/fonts/redaction.md) |
| #7 | **Nanum Myeongjo** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/nanum-myeongjo/](/fonts/nanum-myeongjo.md) |
| #8 | **STIX Two Text** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #9 | **Bellefair** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bellefair/](/fonts/bellefair.md) |
| #10 | **Lusitana** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lusitana/](/fonts/lusitana.md) |
| #11 | **EB Garamond** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/eb-garamond/](/fonts/eb-garamond.md) |
| #12 | **Poltawski Nowy** | 50 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/poltawski-nowy/](/fonts/poltawski-nowy.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Zen Old Mincho** (Jpan): Similarity 58, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/zen-old-mincho/](/fonts/zen-old-mincho.md)
- **Amiri** (Arab): Similarity 55, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiri/](/fonts/amiri.md)
- **Jomolhari** (Tibt): Similarity 54, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/jomolhari/](/fonts/jomolhari.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/hina-mincho.json](/api/fonts-like/hina-mincho.json).