# Fonts Like Jacques Francois Shadow

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Jacques Francois Shadow is Bentham (similarity 19), then Caprasimo and Miltonian Tattoo. Bentham 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 | **Bentham** | 19 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bentham/](/fonts/bentham.md) |
| #2 | **Caprasimo** | 18 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/caprasimo/](/fonts/caprasimo.md) |
| #3 | **Miltonian Tattoo** | 18 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/miltonian-tattoo/](/fonts/miltonian-tattoo.md) |
| #4 | **Young Serif** | 17 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/young-serif/](/fonts/young-serif.md) |
| #5 | **Rye** | 17 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rye/](/fonts/rye.md) |
| #6 | **Fredericka the Great** | 17 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fredericka-the-great/](/fonts/fredericka-the-great.md) |
| #7 | **Rubik Dirt** | 16 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-dirt/](/fonts/rubik-dirt.md) |
| #8 | **Rubik Distressed** | 15 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-distressed/](/fonts/rubik-distressed.md) |
| #9 | **Tagesschrift** | 14 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tagesschrift/](/fonts/tagesschrift.md) |
| #10 | **Kavoon** | 14 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kavoon/](/fonts/kavoon.md) |
| #11 | **Rubik Maze** | 14 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-maze/](/fonts/rubik-maze.md) |
| #12 | **Rubik Beastly** | 14 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/rubik-beastly/](/fonts/rubik-beastly.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Ramaraja** (Telu): Similarity 23, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ramaraja/](/fonts/ramaraja.md)
- **Alkalami** (Arab): Similarity 18, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/alkalami/](/fonts/alkalami.md)
- **Suez One** (Hebr): Similarity 18, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/suez-one/](/fonts/suez-one.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/jacques-francois-shadow.json](/api/fonts-like/jacques-francois-shadow.json).