# Fonts Like Kalam

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Kalam is Courgette (similarity 42), then Protest Riot and Paprika. Courgette 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 | **Courgette** | 42 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/courgette/](/fonts/courgette.md) |
| #2 | **Protest Riot** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/protest-riot/](/fonts/protest-riot.md) |
| #3 | **Paprika** | 41 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/paprika/](/fonts/paprika.md) |
| #4 | **Alkatra** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alkatra/](/fonts/alkatra.md) |
| #5 | **Allan** | 40 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/allan/](/fonts/allan.md) |
| #6 | **Agbalumo** | 38 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/agbalumo/](/fonts/agbalumo.md) |
| #7 | **Oleo Script** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/oleo-script/](/fonts/oleo-script.md) |
| #8 | **Fugaz One** | 37 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fugaz-one/](/fonts/fugaz-one.md) |
| #9 | **Chewy** | 36 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/chewy/](/fonts/chewy.md) |
| #10 | **Sedgwick Ave** | 35 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/sedgwick-ave/](/fonts/sedgwick-ave.md) |
| #11 | **Edu TAS Beginner** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/edu-tas-beginner/](/fonts/edu-tas-beginner.md) |
| #12 | **Monaspace Radon** | 33 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/monaspace-radon/](/fonts/monaspace-radon.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Solitreo** (Hebr): Similarity 84, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/solitreo/](/fonts/solitreo.md)
- **Tillana** (Deva): Similarity 54, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/tillana/](/fonts/tillana.md)
- **Sriracha** (Thai): Similarity 51, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sriracha/](/fonts/sriracha.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/kalam.json](/api/fonts-like/kalam.json).