# Fonts Like Lateef

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Lateef is Crimson Pro (similarity 96), then Volkhov and Brawler. Crimson Pro 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 | **Crimson Pro** | 96 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-pro/](/fonts/crimson-pro.md) |
| #2 | **Volkhov** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/volkhov/](/fonts/volkhov.md) |
| #3 | **Brawler** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/brawler/](/fonts/brawler.md) |
| #4 | **Source Serif 4** | 77 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/source-serif-4/](/fonts/source-serif-4.md) |
| #5 | **Ancizar Serif** | 76 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ancizar-serif/](/fonts/ancizar-serif.md) |
| #6 | **Gentium Book Plus** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/gentium-book-plus/](/fonts/gentium-book-plus.md) |
| #7 | **Literata** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/literata/](/fonts/literata.md) |
| #8 | **STIX Two Text** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/stix-two-text/](/fonts/stix-two-text.md) |
| #9 | **Tienne** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/tienne/](/fonts/tienne.md) |
| #10 | **Hedvig Letters Serif** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/hedvig-letters-serif/](/fonts/hedvig-letters-serif.md) |
| #11 | **Fenix** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/fenix/](/fonts/fenix.md) |
| #12 | **Yrsa** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/yrsa/](/fonts/yrsa.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Idiqlat** (Syrc): Similarity 90, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/idiqlat/](/fonts/idiqlat.md)
- **Ramsina** (Syrc): Similarity 84, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ramsina/](/fonts/ramsina.md)
- **Song Myung** (Kore): Similarity 80, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/song-myung/](/fonts/song-myung.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/lateef.json](/api/fonts-like/lateef.json).