# Fonts Like Karma

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Karma is Yrsa (similarity 72), then Merriweather and Noto Nastaliq Urdu. Yrsa 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 | **Yrsa** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yrsa/](/fonts/yrsa.md) |
| #2 | **Merriweather** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merriweather/](/fonts/merriweather.md) |
| #3 | **Noto Nastaliq Urdu** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-nastaliq-urdu/](/fonts/noto-nastaliq-urdu.md) |
| #4 | **Noto Serif Hentaigana** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif-hentaigana/](/fonts/noto-serif-hentaigana.md) |
| #5 | **Andada Pro** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/andada-pro/](/fonts/andada-pro.md) |
| #6 | **Noto Serif** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif/](/fonts/noto-serif.md) |
| #7 | **Frank Ruhl Libre** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre/](/fonts/frank-ruhl-libre.md) |
| #8 | **Cambo** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cambo/](/fonts/cambo.md) |
| #9 | **Alike** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alike/](/fonts/alike.md) |
| #10 | **Noto Serif JP** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/noto-serif-jp/](/fonts/noto-serif-jp.md) |
| #11 | **Charis SIL** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/charis-sil/](/fonts/charis-sil.md) |
| #12 | **Inria Serif** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/inria-serif/](/fonts/inria-serif.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Noto Serif Oriya** (Orya): Similarity 72, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-oriya/](/fonts/noto-serif-oriya.md)
- **Noto Serif Telugu** (Telu): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/noto-serif-telugu/](/fonts/noto-serif-telugu.md)
- **Martel** (Deva): Similarity 70, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/martel/](/fonts/martel.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/karma.json](/api/fonts-like/karma.json).