# Fonts Like Judson

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Judson is Brawler (similarity 74), then STIX Two Text and Hedvig Letters Serif. Brawler 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 | **Brawler** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brawler/](/fonts/brawler.md) |
| #2 | **STIX Two Text** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #3 | **Hedvig Letters Serif** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hedvig-letters-serif/](/fonts/hedvig-letters-serif.md) |
| #4 | **Volkhov** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/volkhov/](/fonts/volkhov.md) |
| #5 | **DM Serif Text** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dm-serif-text/](/fonts/dm-serif-text.md) |
| #6 | **Ancizar Serif** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-serif/](/fonts/ancizar-serif.md) |
| #7 | **Charis SIL** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #8 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #9 | **Gentium Book Plus** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gentium-book-plus/](/fonts/gentium-book-plus.md) |
| #10 | **Source Serif 4** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-serif-4/](/fonts/source-serif-4.md) |
| #11 | **Libre Caslon Text** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libre-caslon-text/](/fonts/libre-caslon-text.md) |
| #12 | **Domine** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/domine/](/fonts/domine.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Song Myung** (Kore): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/song-myung/](/fonts/song-myung.md)
- **Markazi Text** (Arab): Similarity 70, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/markazi-text/](/fonts/markazi-text.md)
- **Kaisei Tokumin** (Jpan): Similarity 69, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/kaisei-tokumin/](/fonts/kaisei-tokumin.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/judson.json](/api/fonts-like/judson.json).