# Fonts Like Hubot Sans

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Hubot Sans is Mona Sans (similarity 86), then TASA Orbiter and Funnel Display. Mona 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 | **Mona Sans** | 86 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/mona-sans/](/fonts/mona-sans.md) |
| #2 | **TASA Orbiter** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tasa-orbiter/](/fonts/tasa-orbiter.md) |
| #3 | **Funnel Display** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-display/](/fonts/funnel-display.md) |
| #4 | **Zalando Sans SemiExpanded** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/zalando-sans-semiexpanded/](/fonts/zalando-sans-semiexpanded.md) |
| #5 | **Akt** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/akt/](/fonts/akt.md) |
| #6 | **Zalando Sans** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/zalando-sans/](/fonts/zalando-sans.md) |
| #7 | **Host Grotesk** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/host-grotesk/](/fonts/host-grotesk.md) |
| #8 | **Gantari** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gantari/](/fonts/gantari.md) |
| #9 | **Liter** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/liter/](/fonts/liter.md) |
| #10 | **Schibsted Grotesk** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/schibsted-grotesk/](/fonts/schibsted-grotesk.md) |
| #11 | **Instrument Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/instrument-sans/](/fonts/instrument-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Pliant** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pliant/](/fonts/pliant.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/hubot-sans.json](/api/fonts-like/hubot-sans.json).