# Fonts Like IBM Plex Sans Arabic

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to IBM Plex Sans Arabic is IBM Plex Sans Condensed (similarity 87), then iA Writer Quattro and Clear Sans. IBM Plex Sans Condensed 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 | **IBM Plex Sans Condensed** | 87 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed/](/fonts/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.md) |
| #2 | **iA Writer Quattro** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ia-writer-quattro/](/fonts/ia-writer-quattro.md) |
| #3 | **Clear Sans** | 84 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/clear-sans/](/fonts/clear-sans.md) |
| #4 | **Gothic A1** | 84 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gothic-a1/](/fonts/gothic-a1.md) |
| #5 | **Roboto** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto/](/fonts/roboto.md) |
| #6 | **Pretendard** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/pretendard/](/fonts/pretendard.md) |
| #7 | **Varta** | 83 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #8 | **Noto Sans JP** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #9 | **Radio Canada** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/radio-canada/](/fonts/radio-canada.md) |
| #10 | **Funnel Sans** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/funnel-sans/](/fonts/funnel-sans.md) |
| #11 | **Spline Sans** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spline-sans/](/fonts/spline-sans.md) |
| #12 | **Inter** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inter/](/fonts/inter.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Narnoor** (Gong): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/narnoor/](/fonts/narnoor.md)
- **Asta Sans** (Kore): Similarity 83, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/asta-sans/](/fonts/asta-sans.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/ibm-plex-sans-arabic.json](/api/fonts-like/ibm-plex-sans-arabic.json).