# Fonts Like Libertinus Serif Display

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

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Libertinus Serif Display is Ponomar (similarity 90), then Crimson Text and Average. Ponomar 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 | **Ponomar** | 90 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ponomar/](/fonts/ponomar.md) |
| #2 | **Crimson Text** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/crimson-text/](/fonts/crimson-text.md) |
| #3 | **Average** | 81 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/average/](/fonts/average.md) |
| #4 | **Adamina** | 75 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/adamina/](/fonts/adamina.md) |
| #5 | **Libertinus Sans** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/libertinus-sans/](/fonts/libertinus-sans.md) |
| #6 | **Lusitana** | 74 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/lusitana/](/fonts/lusitana.md) |
| #7 | **EB Garamond** | 73 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/eb-garamond/](/fonts/eb-garamond.md) |
| #8 | **Castoro** | 72 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/castoro/](/fonts/castoro.md) |
| #9 | **Averia Serif Libre** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/averia-serif-libre/](/fonts/averia-serif-libre.md) |
| #10 | **Baskervville** | 71 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/baskervville/](/fonts/baskervville.md) |
| #11 | **Ibarra Real Nova** | 70 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibarra-real-nova/](/fonts/ibarra-real-nova.md) |
| #12 | **Esteban** | 69 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/esteban/](/fonts/esteban.md) |

## Other Scripts With Similar Latin Letters

- **Amiri** (Arab): Similarity 82, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/amiri/](/fonts/amiri.md)
- **Ruwudu** (Arab): Similarity 71, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/ruwudu/](/fonts/ruwudu.md)
- **Sumana** (Deva): Similarity 70, licence OFL-1.1 - [/fonts/sumana/](/fonts/sumana.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/libertinus-serif-display.json](/api/fonts-like/libertinus-serif-display.json).