# Fonts Like IBM Plex Sans Condensed

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to IBM Plex Sans Condensed is Noto Sans JP (similarity 82), then Varta and Source Sans 3. Noto Sans JP 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 | **Noto Sans JP** | 82 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-sans-jp/](/fonts/noto-sans-jp.md) |
| #2 | **Varta** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/varta/](/fonts/varta.md) |
| #3 | **Source Sans 3** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-sans-3/](/fonts/source-sans-3.md) |
| #4 | **Gidole** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gidole/](/fonts/gidole.md) |
| #5 | **Assistant** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/assistant/](/fonts/assistant.md) |
| #6 | **News Cycle** | 80 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/news-cycle/](/fonts/news-cycle.md) |
| #7 | **Archivo Narrow** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/archivo-narrow/](/fonts/archivo-narrow.md) |
| #8 | **Spline Sans** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/spline-sans/](/fonts/spline-sans.md) |
| #9 | **Cossette Texte** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-texte/](/fonts/cossette-texte.md) |
| #10 | **iA Writer Quattro** | 79 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ia-writer-quattro/](/fonts/ia-writer-quattro.md) |
| #11 | **Carrois Gothic** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/carrois-gothic/](/fonts/carrois-gothic.md) |
| #12 | **Fira Sans** | 78 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fira-sans/](/fonts/fira-sans.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Narnoor** (Gong): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/narnoor/](/fonts/narnoor.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-condensed.json](/api/fonts-like/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.json).