# Fonts Like Kosugi

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Kosugi is Kosugi Maru (similarity 89), then Adwaita Mono and Iosevka. Kosugi Maru is released under the Apache License 2.0 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Kosugi Maru** | 89 / 100 | Apache-2.0 | [/fonts/kosugi-maru/](/fonts/kosugi-maru.md) |
| #2 | **Adwaita Mono** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adwaita-mono/](/fonts/adwaita-mono.md) |
| #3 | **Iosevka** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka/](/fonts/iosevka.md) |
| #4 | **Iosevka Charon Mono** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-charon-mono/](/fonts/iosevka-charon-mono.md) |
| #5 | **Iosevka Curly** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-curly/](/fonts/iosevka-curly.md) |
| #6 | **Datatype** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/datatype/](/fonts/datatype.md) |
| #7 | **Iosevka Aile** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/iosevka-aile/](/fonts/iosevka-aile.md) |
| #8 | **Special Gothic Condensed One** | 68 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one/](/fonts/special-gothic-condensed-one.md) |
| #9 | **Cossette Titre** | 67 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cossette-titre/](/fonts/cossette-titre.md) |
| #10 | **Roboto Condensed** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/roboto-condensed/](/fonts/roboto-condensed.md) |
| #11 | **Barlow Semi Condensed** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed/](/fonts/barlow-semi-condensed.md) |
| #12 | **Share Tech Mono** | 66 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/share-tech-mono/](/fonts/share-tech-mono.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **M PLUS 1 Code** (Jpan): Similarity 68, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/m-plus-1-code/](/fonts/m-plus-1-code.md)
- **Akshar** (Deva): Similarity 66, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/akshar/](/fonts/akshar.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/kosugi.json](/api/fonts-like/kosugi.json).