# Fonts Like Kavivanar

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Kavivanar is Alkatra (similarity 36), then Merienda and Kite One. Alkatra 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 | **Alkatra** | 36 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alkatra/](/fonts/alkatra.md) |
| #2 | **Merienda** | 35 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/merienda/](/fonts/merienda.md) |
| #3 | **Kite One** | 34 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/kite-one/](/fonts/kite-one.md) |
| #4 | **Paprika** | 32 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/paprika/](/fonts/paprika.md) |
| #5 | **Signika** | 31 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/signika/](/fonts/signika.md) |
| #6 | **Tilt Neon** | 31 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tilt-neon/](/fonts/tilt-neon.md) |
| #7 | **Bubblegum Sans** | 30 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/bubblegum-sans/](/fonts/bubblegum-sans.md) |
| #8 | **Dosis** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dosis/](/fonts/dosis.md) |
| #9 | **Port Lligat Sans** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/port-lligat-sans/](/fonts/port-lligat-sans.md) |
| #10 | **Roboto Condensed** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Scada** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/scada/](/fonts/scada.md) |
| #12 | **Alatsi** | 29 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/alatsi/](/fonts/alatsi.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Playpen Sans Hebrew** (Hebr): Similarity 38, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew/](/fonts/playpen-sans-hebrew.md)
- **Beiruti** (Arab): Similarity 36, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/beiruti/](/fonts/beiruti.md)
- **Farsan** (Gujr): Similarity 35, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/farsan/](/fonts/farsan.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/kavivanar.json](/api/fonts-like/kavivanar.json).